Effect of season and age on the gonadosomatic index of Milne-Edwards' sifakas (Propithecus diadema edwardsi) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 355-364

  Pochron, Sharon T ^a   Wright, Patricia C ^a   Schaentzler, Edward ^a   Ippolito, Michael ^a   Rakotonirina, Georges ^b   Ratsimbazafy, Raymond ^b   Rakotosoa, Rémi ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ranomafana National Park   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Gonadosomatic index; Morphometrics; Propithecus; Seasonal changes; Testicular size

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; GONADOSOMATIC INDEX; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MADAGASCAR;

DIADEMA; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS DIADEMA; PROPITHECUS DIADEMA EDWARDSI; PROPITHECUS SP.; STREPSIRHINI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036198847     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013887629152     Document Type: Article

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