Phenotypic quality influences fertility in Gombe chimpanzees

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1262-1269

  Jones, James Holland ^a   Wilson, Michael L ^b,c   Murray, Carson ^d   Pusey, Anne ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c The Jane Goodall Institute   (United States)

^d LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Demography; Fertility; Life history theory; Phenotypic quality

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIRTH INTERVAL; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; FERTILITY; FITNESS; HETEROGENEITY; HOMINID; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

GOMBE NATIONAL PARK; KIGOMA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 77958576354     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01687.x     Document Type: Article

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