Sexual conflict in a polygynous primate: Costs and benefits of a male-imposed mating system

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 263-273

  Swedell, Larissa ^a,b,c,d   Leedom, Liane ^e   Saunders, Julian ^d   Pines, Mathew ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Filoha Hamadryas Project   (Ethiopia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

Author keywords

Infanticide; Pseudoestrus; Reproductive strategies; Reproductive success; Sexual coercion; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; INFANT MORTALITY; MATING SUCCESS; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; WILD POPULATION;

CERCOPITHECOIDEA; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 85027932100     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1641-3     Document Type: Article

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