Mating promiscuity and reproductive tactics in female black and gold howler monkeys (alouatta caraya) inhabiting an island on the Parana River, Argentina

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 734-748

  Kowalewski, Martin M ^a,b   Garber, Paul A ^b  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alouatta; Argentina; Female promiscuity; Intersexual conflict; Mating strategies

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INFANTICIDE; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY RISK; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ARGENTINA; PARANA RIVER;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; PRIMATES;

EID: 77954442473     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20838     Document Type: Article

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