Testosterone secretion, musth behaviour and social dominance in captive male Asian elephants living near the equator

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-113

  Lincoln, G A ^a   Ratnasooriya, W D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ELEPHANT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MUSTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SRI LANKA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TIME;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS MAXIMUS;

EID: 0029973974     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1080107     Document Type: Article

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