Mate competition, testosterone and intersexual relationships in bonobos, Pan paniscus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 659-669

  Surbeck, Martin ^a   Deschner, Tobias ^a   Schubert, Grit ^a   Weltring, Anja ^a   Hohmann, Gottfried ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Amicability testosterone trade off; Bonobo; Dominance status; Grooming; Pan paniscus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; HOMINID; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TESTOSTERONE; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

PAN PANISCUS;

EID: 84857060596     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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