A preliminary investigation of urinary testosterone and cortisol levels in wild male mountain gorillas

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-64

  Robbins, Martha M ^a   Czekala, Nancy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dominance; Mountain gorilla; Puberty; Socioendocrinology; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; CORTISOL LEVEL; MOUNTAIN GORILLA; SOCIAL RANK; TESTOSTERONE LEVEL; URINE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GORILLA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; URINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; GORILLA GORILLA; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTOSTERONE;

RWANDA, KARISOKE RESEARCH CENTER;

ANIMALIA; GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI;

EID: 0030768103     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1997)43:1<51::AID-AJP4>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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