Mating skew in Barbary macaque males: The role of female mating synchrony, female behavior, and male-male coalitions

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-182

  Bissonnette, Annie ^a,b   Bischofberger, Nicole ^a   van Schaik, Carel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affenberg Salem; Hormonal implants; Male male coalitions; Mate choice; Priority of access model; Promiscuous mating; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SYNCHRONY;

MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS; POA; PRIMATES;

EID: 78651492288     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1023-z     Document Type: Article

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