Female-male mounting in Japanese macaques: The proximate role of sexual reward

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 405-407

  Vasey, Paul L ^a   Duckworth, Nadine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female male mounting; Japanese macaques; Sexual reward

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; MALE; PRIMATE; RESEARCH WORK;

ANUS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE MALE MOUNTING; JAPANESE; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINEUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STIMULATION; TAIL; VULVA CARCINOMA;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; FEMALE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; REWARD; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA;

EID: 39449090673     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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