Do Female Mandrills Prefer Brightly Colored Males?

2005/08/01 by Joanna M. Setchell · 5 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Psychology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal ecology #Biology #Demography #Developmental psychology #Dominance (genetics) #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Mate choice #Mating #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Psychology #Sexual attraction #Sexual behavior #Sexual dimorphism #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1007/s10764-005-5305-7

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