Honest olfactory ornamentation in a female-dominant primate

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1558-1563

  Boulet, M ^a,b   Crawford, J C ^a   Charpentier, M J E ^a,c   Drea, C M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical signal; Female competition; Female dominance; Female ornament; Heterozygosity; Lemur; Male mate choice; Scent mark; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; ESTER; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FATTY ACID; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HONEST SIGNALING; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MATE CHOICE; OLFACTORY CUE; PRIMATE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVORSHIP;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

ESTER; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SECRETIONS;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BODILY SECRETIONS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOTE; LEMUR; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; ODORS;

EID: 77954146885     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02007.x     Document Type: Article

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