Temporary ovarian inactivity in elephants: Relationship to status and time outside

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 123-131

  Schulte, Bruce A ^a,c   Feldman, Elizabeth ^a   Lambert, Ruth ^a   Oliver, Renee ^a   Hess, David L ^b  

^a PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Estrous cycle; Progesterone; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0034530295     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00316-4     Document Type: Article

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