Signaling in multiple modalities in male rhesus macaques: Sex skin coloration and barks in relation to androgen levels, social status, and mating behavior

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1457-1469

  Higham, James P ^a,b   Pfefferle, Dana ^c,d   Heistermann, Michael ^e   Maestripieri, Dario ^a   Stevens, Martin ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^e GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coloration; Luminance; Multimodal; Primate; Rhesus macaques; Vocal signals

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; DOMINANCE; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SIGNALING; SKIN; SOCIAL STATUS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84883772419     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1521-x     Document Type: Article

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