What role do olfactory cues play in chacma baboon mating?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 493-502

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baboons; Multimodal signaling; Olfaction; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FERTILITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SIGNALING;

PAPIO; PAPIO URSINUS; PRIMATES;

SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; ODOR; PAPIO URSINUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; PAPIO URSINUS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL;

EID: 67449107316     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20678     Document Type: Article

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