Patterns of interventions and the effect of coalitions and sociality on male fitness

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 699-714

  Kulik, Lars ^a,b   Muniz, Laura ^a   Mundry, Roger ^a   Widdig, Anja ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

coalitions; fitness; interventions; male rhesus macaques; sociality

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84855891344     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05250.x     Document Type: Article

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