Female-female aggression around mating: An extra cost of sociality in a multimale primate society

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1003-1011

  Huchard, Elise ^a,b   Cowlishaw, Guy ^c  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aggression; baboons; female female competition; intrasexual selection; reproductive strategies; sociality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIOENERGETICS; EUSOCIALITY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LACTATION; MATE LOCATION; MULTIPLE MATING; PATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE USE; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

MAMMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO URSINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 80052256983     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr083     Document Type: Article

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