Selected polyandry: female choice and inter-sexual conflict in a small nocturnal solitary primate (Microcebus murinus)

By M. Eberle, Peter M. Kappeler. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2004

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Family insurance: kin selection and cooperative breeding in a solitary primate (Microcebus murinus) (2006, methodology): “One of the 74 females came from a family in the surrounding trapping area; the mother could not be determined for the 74th female (for details, see Eberle and Kappeler 2004a, b).”
Sex in the dark: determinants and consequences of mixed male mating tactics in Microcebus murinus, a small solitary nocturnal primate (2004, background): “On a finer spatial and temporal scale, we observed asynchrony within the short mating season, possibly as a result of female mating strategy and/or physiological variability ( Eberle and Kappeler 2004 ), and most females within a male’s home range were receptive on different nights, allowing for mon”
The lemur syndrome unresolved: extreme male reproductive skew in sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi), a sexually monomorphic primate with female dominance (2008, background): “Female lemurs typically copulate with most males present (e.g., Brockman and Whitten 1996; Ostner and Kappeler 2004; Eberle and Kappeler 2004), but it is unclear whether female polyandry is a result of females’ dominance, the dominant males’ tolerance, or their inability to prevent it.”