Lack of Evidence for Energetic Costs of Mate-Guarding in Wild Male Assamese Macaques (Macaca assamensis)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 677-700

  Schülke, Oliver ^a   Heistermann, Michael ^b   Ostner, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Male competition; Mate guarding; Mating effort; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BREEDING POPULATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FEMALE; PATERNITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASON; SEASONALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; STRENGTH;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA ASSAMENSIS;

EID: 84906057949     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-013-9748-y     Document Type: Article

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