Seasonality in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus): Social facilitation by females

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1105-1113

  Schiml, Patricia A ^a   Mendoza, Sally P ^a   Saltzman, Wendy ^b   Lyons, David M ^c   Mason, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cortisol; Dominance; Estrogen; Progesterone; Reproduction; Seasonality; Social enhancement; Social influences; Squirrel monkey; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SQUIRREL MONKEY;

SAIMIRI SCIUREUS;

EID: 0030271871     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00134-5     Document Type: Article

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