Mutual tolerance or reproductive competition? Patterns of reproductive skew among male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1477-1488

  Kappeler, Peter M ^a,b   Port, Markus ^a,b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b Institute of Zoology and Anthropology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eulemur fulvus; Paternity; Primates; Reproductive skew; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; TOLERANCE;

EULEMUR FULVUS; EULEMUR FULVUS RUFUS; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 44949149012     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0577-5     Document Type: Article

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