Parent-daughter relationships and social controls on fertility in female common marmosets, Callithrix jacchus

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 356-367

  Ziegler, Toni E ^a,b   Sousa, Maria Bernardete C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Estradiol; Fecal steroids; Female marmoset; Progesterone; Social stress

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; FAMILY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MARMOSET; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL STATUS; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FECES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; OVARY; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; ESTRADIOL; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OVARY; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEROIDS;

EID: 0036451329     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2002.1828     Document Type: Article

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