Potential causes and life‐history consequences of sexual size dimorphism in mammals

JL Isaac - Mammal review, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Male‐biased sexual size dimorphism (SSD) in mammals has been explained by sexual
selection favouring large, competitive males. However, new research has identified other …

[图书][B] Mammal societies

T Clutton-Brock - 2016 - books.google.com
The book aims to integrate our understanding of mammalian societies into a novel synthesis
that is relevant to behavioural ecologists, ecologists, and anthropologists. It adopts a …

Social monogamy in nonhuman primates: phylogeny, phenotype, and physiology

JA French, J Cavanaugh, AC Mustoe… - The Journal of Sex …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Monogamy as a social system has been both a scientific puzzle and a sociocultural issue for
decades. In this review, we examine social monogamy from a comparative perspective with …

[图书][B] Primate behavioral ecology

KB Strier - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
This comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic
perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular …

[图书][B] The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality

R Thornhill, SW Gangestad - 2008 - books.google.com
Research conducted in the last fifteen years has placed in question many of the traditional
conclusions scholars have formed about human female sexuality. Though conventional …

Sexual selection in wild baboons: from mating opportunities to paternity success

SC Alberts, JC Buchan, J Altmann - Animal Behaviour, 2006 - Elsevier
In mammals, high dominance rank among males is often associated with mating success.
However, mating opportunities do not automatically translate into offspring production; …

Female sexual swelling size, timing of ovulation, and male behavior in wild West African chimpanzees

T Deschner, M Heistermann, K Hodges… - Hormones and behavior, 2004 - Elsevier
Conspicuous swellings of the perineal skin can be observed in females of many catharrine
primate species particularly during the middle stages of the ovarian cycle. The functional …

The Amboseli Baboon Research Project: 40 years of continuity and change

SC Alberts, J Altmann - Long-term field studies of primates, 2012 - Springer
Abstract In 1963, Jeanne and Stuart Altmann traveled through Kenya and Tanzania
searching for a baboon study site. They settled on the Maasai-Amboseli Game Reserve …

Mate guarding and paternity in mandrills: factors influencing alpha male monopoly

JM Setchell, M Charpentier, EJ Wickings - Animal Behaviour, 2005 - Elsevier
We used long-term data on mate guarding and paternity in mandrills, Mandrillus sphinx,(1)
to examine cycle day and cycle selection by males;(2) to examine associations between …

Mechanisms of sexual selection: sexual swellings and estrogen concentrations as fertility indicators and cues for male consort decisions in wild baboons

LR Gesquiere, EO Wango, SC Alberts, J Altmann - Hormones and behavior, 2007 - Elsevier
Male mate-guarding episodes ('consortships'), are taxonomically widespread, yet costly to
individual males. Consequently, males should bias consortships toward females with whom …