Female reproductive competition in Eulemur rufifrons: Eviction and reproductive restraint in a plurally breeding Malagasy primate

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 685-698

  Kappeler, Peter M ^a,b   Fichtel, Claudia ^a,b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

altruism; competition; eviction; kinship; primates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; LEMURIDAE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREE;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; LEMUR; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TREES;

EULEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84855871357     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05255.x     Document Type: Article

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