Behavioral and social correlates of escape from suppression of ovulation in female common marmosets housed with the natal family

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-21

  Saltzman, Wendy ^a   Severin, Jessica M ^a,b   Schultz Darken, Nancy J ^a   Abbott, David H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

common marmoset; dominance; novel male effect; ovulation; reproductive suppression; social dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MARMOSET; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; CALLITHRIX; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; OVULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS;

EID: 0031022247     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1997)41:1<1::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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