The costs of risky male behaviour: Sex differences in seasonal survival in a small sexually monomorphic primate

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1643, 2008, Pages 1635-1644

  Kraus, Cornelia ^a   Eberle, Manfred ^b   Kappeler, Peter M ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female hibernation; Male roaming; Microcebus murinus; Risky male behaviour; Seasonal survival; Sex differences in survival

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; HIBERNATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MATING; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SUMMER; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

LEMUR; MAMMALIA; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 44949187448     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0200     Document Type: Article

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