Relationship between sexual interactions and the timing of the fertile phase in captive female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 868-879

  Garcia, Cécile ^a,b   Shimizu, Keiko ^c   Huffman, Michael ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copulations; Dominance rank; Fecal steroids; Female sexual behavior; Macaca fuscata; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COPULATION; DECISION MAKING; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FECES; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM COMPETITION; STEROID;

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA;

EID: 70349509269     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20717     Document Type: Article

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