Selection on adult female body size in rhesus macaques

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 677-683

  Blomquist, Gregory E ^a   Turnquist, Jean E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Adult mortality; Body size; Cayo Santiago; Female life history; Macaca mulatta; Population density

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BONE; CRANIUM; FEMALE; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; SKELETON; SKULL;

CAYO SANTIAGO; PUERTO RICO;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 79955463028     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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