Influence of male morphology on male mating status and behavior during interunit encounters in western lowland gorillas

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-388

  Caillaud, Damien ^a,b,c,d,e   Levréro, Florence ^c,d   Gatti, Sylvain ^c,d   Ménard, Nelly ^c,d   Raymond, Michel ^a,b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Male male fight; Photogrammetry; Ritualized displays; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BREEDING; CONGO; FEMALE; FIGHTING; GORILLA; MALE; MATING; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CONGO; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; OBSERVATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 40949160061     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20754     Document Type: Article

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