Seasonal variation and social correlates of androgen excretion in male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 485-495

  Ostner, Julia ^a,b   Kappeler, Peter M ^a   Heistermann, Michael ^c  

^a Abt Verhaltensforschung/Okologie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Deutsches Primatenzentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Challenge hypothesis; Faecal androgens; Lemurs; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BREEDING SEASON; MALE; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TESTOSTERONE;

MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA; EULEMUR; EULEMUR FULVUS; EULEMUR FULVUS RUFUS; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0036872109     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0532-9     Document Type: Article

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