No evidence for ovarian synchrony or asynchrony in hamadryas baboons

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 829-837

  Tobler, Ray ^a,b   Pledger, Shirley ^a   Linklater, Wayne ^b  

^a School of Mathematics   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alternative mating strategy; Exaggerated perineal swelling; Female reproduction; Hamadryas baboon; Mammal; Mate choice; Papio h. hamadryas; Primate; Secondary sexual trait

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; FERTILITY; FITNESS; MATE CHOICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SYNCHRONY;

ANIMALIA; HAMADRYAS; MAMMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 77957776864     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.07.018     Document Type: Article

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