Seasonal and social correlates of fecal testosterone and cortisol levels in wild male muriquis (Brachyteles arachnoides)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-134

  Strier, Karen B ^a   Ziegler, Toni E ^b   Wittwer, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Fecal steroids; Muriquis; Seasonality; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COPULATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MAMMAL; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032895736     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1998.1505     Document Type: Article

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