Intersexual food transfer among orangutans: Do females test males for coercive tendency?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 883-890

  Van Noordwijk, Maria A ^a   Van Schaik, Carel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Female leverage; Food sharing; Sexual coercion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HOMINID; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE USE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

PAN; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 63149140671     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0728-3     Document Type: Article

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