Male chimpanzees' grooming rates vary by female age, parity, and fertility status

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 989-996

  Proctor, Darby P ^a   Lambeth, Susan P ^b   Schapiro, Steven J ^b   Brosnan, Sarah F ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Chimpanzee; Estrus; Grooming; Male investment strategy; Parity

Indexed keywords

AGE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COPULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOMINID; MATE CHOICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GROOMING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

PAN;

EID: 80051929078     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20964     Document Type: Article

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