Sex-specific reproductive behaviours and paternity in free-ranging Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1453-1466

  Brauch, Katrin ^a,b   Hodges, Keith ^a   Engelhardt, Antje ^a   Fuhrmann, Kerstin ^a   Shaw, Eric ^c   Heistermann, Michael ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society   (Germany)

Author keywords

Faecal hormone analysis; Female mate choice; Male reproductive success; Paternity; Postcopulatory mechanisms

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FERTILITY; HORMONE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; PATERNITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 44949088509     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0575-7     Document Type: Article

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