Male takeovers are reproductively costly to females in hamadryas baboons: a test of the sexual coercion hypothesis.

During male takeovers, in addition to fighting off the female's current mating partner, males may exhibit intense aggressive mate guarding of the newly acquired females. Recent studies indicate that coercive sexual aggression by males is an important strategy through which sexual conflict is ex...

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Main Authors: Pablo Polo, Victoria Hernández-Lloreda, Fernando Colmenares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3951309?pdf=render