Determinants of Paternity Success in a Group of Captive Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 415-429

  Weingrill, Tony ^a,b   Willems, Erik P ^a   Krützen, Michael ^a   Noë, Ronald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Female choice; Male reproductive success; Paternity analysis; Vervets

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; MATE CHOICE; PATERNITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONALITY;

CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS SABAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 79952251578     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9478-3     Document Type: Article

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