Reproductive benefits of high social status in male macaques (Macaca)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 643-649

  Rodriguez Llanes, Jose Manuel ^a   Verbeke, Geert ^b,c   Finlayson, Clive ^a,d  

^a Gibraltar Museum   (Gibraltar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

fitness; genetic marker; high ranking; limited control model; Macaca; macaque; paternity; rank; reproduction; sociality

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENETIC MARKER; MATING SUCCESS; PATERNITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

MACACA; PRIMATES;

EID: 69249210963     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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