Do males time their mate-guarding effort with the fertile phase in order to secure fertilisation in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques?

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 696-705

  Dubuc, Constance ^a,b,c,d   Muniz, Laura ^b   Heistermann, Michael ^a   Widdig, Anja ^b,e   Engelhardt, Antje ^a,c  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concealed ovulation; Faecal steroids; Fertile phase; Genetic paternity analysis; Mate guarding; Primates; Prolonged sexual receptivity; Reproductive strategies; Rhesus macaques

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; MACACA; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATE GUARDING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL DETECTION; SKIN COLOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COURTSHIP; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; OVULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TERRITORIALITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860512291     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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