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SUBMITTER: Baniel A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6366197 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Royal Society open science 20190116 1
In social species, female mating strategies can be constrained by both male and female groupmates through sexual conflict and reproductive competition, respectively. This study tests if females adjust their sexual behaviour according to the presence of male and female bystanders in wild chacma baboons (<i>Papio ursinus</i>) and assesses their relative importance. Our results show that oestrous females initiate fewer copulations in the presence of adult male bystanders, irrespective of whether th ...[more]