Sexual coercion by male chimpanzees shows that female choice may be more apparent than real

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 921-933

  Muller, Martin N ^a   Thompson, Melissa Emery ^a   Kahlenberg, Sonya M ^b   Wrangham, Richard W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coercive mate guarding; Female choice; Mating preferences; Mixed mating strategy; Sexual coercion

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COPULATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; MATE GUARDING; MATING SUCCESS; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

MAMMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 79954996831     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1093-y     Document Type: Article

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