Extra-pair paternity and the evolution of testis size in a behaviorally monogamous tropical mammal, the large treeshrew (Tupaia tana)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-212

  Munshi South, Jason ^a,b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Borneo; Extra pair paternity; Monogamy; Testis size; Treeshrews

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MAMMAL; MATE GUARDING; MONOGAMY; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPERM COMPETITION;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SCANDENTIA; TUPAIA TANA;

EID: 36148934967     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0454-7     Document Type: Article

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