Reproduction in free-ranging Propithecus verreauxi: Estrus and the relationship between multiple partner matings and fertilization

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-69

  Brockman, Diane K ^a   Whitten, Patricia L ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conception; Fecal steroids; Sifaka; Strepsirhine

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSIMIAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; OVARY; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STREPSIRHINI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029978414     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199605)100:1<57::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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