Changes in the secondary sexual adornments of male mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) are associated with gain and loss of alpha status

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 177-184

  Setchell, Joanna M ^a   Dixson, Alan F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mandrill; Mandrillus sphinx; Secondary sexual adornments; Sexual selection; Testis size; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0035037255     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2000.1628     Document Type: Article

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