Functional significance of behavioral, morphological, and endocrine correlates across the ovarian cycle in semifree ranging female Tonkean macaques

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-309

  Aujard, F ^a   Heistermann, M ^b   Thierry, B ^c   Hodges, J K ^b  

^a Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale   (France)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Consortship; Macaque; Ovarian cycle; Sexual behavior; Sexual display; Urinary steroids

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRONE; PREGNANEDIOL; PREGNANEDIOL 3 ALPHA GLUCURONIDE; PREGNANEDIOL-3 ALPHA-GLUCURONIDE;

DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MACACA; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URINE;

ANIMALS; ESTRONE; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MACACA; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PREGNANEDIOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA TONKEANA; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031789203     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)46:4<285::AID-AJP2>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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