Behavioral and endocrine characteristics of the reproductive cycle in wild muriqui monkeys, Brachyteles arachnoides

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-310

  Strier, K B ^a   Ziegler, T E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal steroids; Gestation; Mating behavior; Muriqui; Ovulatory cycle

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FEMALE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CEBIDAE; ESTRADIOL; FECES; FEMALE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYTELES ARACHNOIDES; CEBIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0030761804     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1997)42:4<299::AID-AJP5>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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