Estrous synchrony in a nonseasonal breeder: Adaptive strategy or population process?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 573-581

  Clarke, P M R ^a,b   Henzi, S P ^b,c   Barrett, L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

female receptivity; population process; sexual selection; socially mediated synchrony

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHEROMONE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SYNCHRONY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WILD POPULATION;

MAMMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO URSINUS;

EID: 84859483122     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr230     Document Type: Article

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