Ageing and social rank effects on the reproductive system of free-ranging yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) at Mikumi National Park, Tanzania

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 430-438

  Wasser, Samuel K ^a   Norton, Guy W ^b   Rhine, Ramon J ^c   Klein, Nancy ^a   Kleindorfer, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Baboons; Menstrual cycle; Reproductive status; Social rank

Indexed keywords

AGING; BABOON; CONCEPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TANZANIA;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; PAPIO; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TANZANIA;

EID: 0031764069     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/4.4.430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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