Information content of female copulation calls in wild long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-134

  Engelhardt, Antje ^a,b   Fischer, Julia ^a   Neumann, Christof ^a   Pfeifer, Jan Boje ^a   Heistermann, Michael ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consortships; Copulation calls; Ejaculation; Estrogens; Faecal hormones; Female reproductive status; Macaca fascicularis; Male dominance status; Progestogens; Sexual signal

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; COPULATION; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MATE GUARDING; PRIMATE; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX HORMONE; SPERM COMPETITION; WILD POPULATION;

MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84855202138     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1260-9     Document Type: Article

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