Male-female mating tactics and paternity of wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata yakui)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 986-989

  Hayakawa, Sachiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese macaque; Noninvasive sampling; Nontroop male; Paternity

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROUP SIZE; PATERNITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MACACA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MACACA; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU; YAKUSHIMA;

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA YAKUI;

EID: 53549103041     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20580     Document Type: Article

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