Hormonal Changes during the Mating and Conception Seasons of Wild Northern Muriquis (Brachyteles arachnoides hypoxanthus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-99

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyteles arachnoides hypoxanthus; Breeding readiness; Cortisol; Energy reserves; Muriqui; Ovarian hormones; Reproductive seasonality

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CEBIDAE; CHEMISTRY; COPULATION; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CEBIDAE; COPULATION; ESTRADIOL; FECES; FEMALE; HORMONES; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PERIODICITY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

BRAZIL;

BRACHYTELES; BRACHYTELES ARACHNOIDES; BRACHYTELES ARACHNOIDES HYPOXANTHUS;

EID: 0242570485     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.10109     Document Type: Article

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