Male reproductive skew, paternal relatedness, and female social relationships

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 695-698

  Schülke, Oliver ^a,b   Ostner, Julia ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female social relationships; Kin selection; Paternal relatedness; Reproductive skew; Social tolerance

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; KINSHIP; MALE BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; MACACA; MALE; PATERNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MACACA; PRIMATES;

EID: 52449086351     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20546     Document Type: Article

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