Reproduction in free-ranging male Propithecus verreauxi: The hormonal correlates of mating and aggression

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-151

  Brockman, Diane K ^a   Whitten, Patricia L ^b   Richard, Alison F ^c   Schneider, Adam ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal testosterone; Male reproductive behavior; Sifaka; Strepsirrhine

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FECES ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PROSIMIAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGGRESSION; AGING; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FECES; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STREPSIRHINI; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031936632     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199802)105:2<137::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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