Primate copulation calls and postcopulatory female choice
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Primate copulation calls and postcopulatory female choice
Females in some species of Old World monkeys and apes vocalize after copulation, but the function of these vocalizations is not clear. In this article, we examine the hypothesis that copulation calls are a form of postcopulatory female choice. According to this hypothesis, copulation calls are honest signals of fertility (i.e., ovulation) that are used by females to encourage mate guarding by t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioral Ecology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1465-7279,1045-2249
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh120