Reproductive success in relation to dominance rank in the absence of prime-age males in Barbary macaques

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-34

  Modolo, Lara ^a   Martin, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barbary macaque; DNA typing; Female mate choice; Inbreeding avoidance; Microsatellites; Paternity; Priority of access; Rank correlation

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BREEDING SEASON; DATA SET; DNA; DOMINANCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; MATE CHOICE; PATERNITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MACACA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; MACACA; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 38549166701     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20452     Document Type: Article

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