Countermarking by male pygmy lorises (Nycticebus pygmaeus): do females use odor cues to select mates with high competitive ability?

2003/01/01 by Heidi S. Fisher, Ronald R. Swaisgood, R. Swaisgood +2 · 3 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Psychology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Animal ecology #Biology #Competition (biology) #Demography #Ecology #Mate choice #Mating #Odor #Preference #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Sexual selection #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1007/s00265-002-0552-5

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