Sexual behavior across ovarian cycles in wild black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra): Male mate guarding and female mate choice

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-164

  Van Belle, Sarie ^a   Estrada, Alejandro ^b   Ziegler, Toni E ^c   Strier, Karen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra); Female mate choice; Male mate guarding; Ovarian cycles; Socio sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

MATE CHOICE; MATE GUARDING; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MEXICO; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MEXICO; OBSERVATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PALENQUE NATIONAL PARK;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA PIGRA;

EID: 59449105155     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20635     Document Type: Article

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