Mutual mate choice in a female-dominant and sexually monomorphic primate

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 370-379

  Gomez, Doris ^a   Huchard, Elise ^b,c   Henry, Pierre Yves ^a   Perret, Martine ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

gray mouse lemurs; Microcebus; sexual dimorphism; sexual selection; strepsirrhines

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FIGHTING; LEMURIDAE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHEIROGALEIDAE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84857233049     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21653     Document Type: Article

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