Individual and seasonal variation in fecal testosterone and cortisol levels of wild male tufted capuchin monkeys, Cebus apella nigritus

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 275-287

  Lynch, Jessica W ^a   Ziegler, Toni E ^b   Strier, Karen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Capuchin monkeys; Cebus; Cortisol; Fecal steroids; Mating; Reproduction; Seasonality; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; MATING; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0036251979     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2002.1772     Document Type: Article

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