Evidence for intrasexual selection in wild female baboons

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-27

  Cheney, Dorothy L ^a   Silk, Joan B ^b   Seyfarth, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboon; Female; Intrasexual selection; Mate competition; Mortality; Paternal investment; Predation; Sex ratio; Social bond

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATE CHOICE; MORTALITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; SMALL MAMMAL; WILD POPULATION;

MAMMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO URSINUS;

EID: 84862673357     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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