Paternal effects on access to resources in a promiscuous primate society

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 229-236

  Huchard, Elise ^a,b   Charpentier, Marie J ^c   Marshall, Harry ^d,e   King, Andrew J ^f   Knapp, Leslie A ^a   Cowlishaw, Guy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

baboons; foraging success; paternal care; primates; promiscuity; reproductive strategies; sex roles

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; JUVENILE; MAMMAL; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX ROLE; WILD POPULATION;

MAMMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO URSINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84871227901     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars158     Document Type: Article

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