Sexual size dimorphism in Asian colobines revisited

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 609-616

  Grueter, Cyril C ^a,b   Van Schaik, Carel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bachelor threat; Colobine; Male competition; Multilevel societies; Rhinopithecus; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COLOBINAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COLOBINAE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

PYGATHRIX;

EID: 67650825228     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20695     Document Type: Article

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