Male dominance and reproductive success in wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) at Lomas Barbudal, Costa Rica

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1118-1130

  Muniz, Laura ^a   Perry, Susan ^b   Manson, Joseph H ^b   Gilkenson, Hannah ^c   Gros Louis, Julie ^d   Vigilant, Linda ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Proyecto de Monos   (Costa Rica)

^d E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cebus capucinus; Dominance; Mating system; Reproductive skew; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

DOMINANCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INBREEDING; PATERNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBUS; CHEMISTRY; COSTA RICA; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; OBSERVATION; PATERNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; COSTA RICA; DNA; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OBSERVATION; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE; LOMAS BARBUDAL BIOLOGICAL RESERVE;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77958601767     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20876     Document Type: Article

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