Sexual conflict in chacma baboons, Papio hamadryas ursinus: absent males select for proactive females

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1217-1225

  Clarke, P M R ^a,b,c   Henzi, S P ^b,c   Barrett, L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

chacma baboon; female control; infant protection; infanticide; mating rate; Papio hamadryas ursinus; polyandry

Indexed keywords

INFANTICIDE; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; POLYANDRY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; VULNERABILITY;

PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO URSINUS;

EID: 64549110206     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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