Mate guarding and paternity in mandrills: Factors influencing alpha male monopoly
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A study aims on mate-guarding and paternity in mandrills, Mandrillus sphinx to examine cycle day and selection by males to investigate factors influencing the ability of alpha males to monopolize females. The results revealed that the males mate-guarded on periovulatory days more than on other receptive days and during conceptive cycles more than during nonconceptive cycles.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2005
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Social modulation of androgens in male vertebrates: meta-analyses of the challenge hypothesis
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A study on the role of androgen in determining the social, mating and parenting behavior of male vertebrate animals, in the light of the challenge hypothesis, is presented.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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