Information content of sexual swellings and fecal steroids in sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus atys)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-82

  Whitten, Patricia L ^a   Russell, Elizabeth ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fecal steroids; ovarian cycles; sexual swellings; sooty mangabeys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029844065     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1996)40:1<67::AID-AJP5>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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