Male aggression during mating: Evidence for sexual coercion in a female dominant primate?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1187-1190

  Parga, Joyce A ^a   Henry, Amy R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female dominance; Lemur catta; Male mating strategies; Ring tailed lemur; Sexual coercion

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DOMINANCE; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL MATURITY; WILD POPULATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; LEMUR; MALE; OBSERVATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

LEMUR CATTA; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 57349196414     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20609     Document Type: Article

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