Hormone profiles and reproductive characteristics in wild female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-375

  Fujita, Shiho ^a,b   Sugiura, Hideki ^a   Mitsunaga, Fusako ^a   Shimizu, Keiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrone conjugates (E 1C); Fecal hormones; Interannual variability; Macaca fuscata; Pregnanediol 3 glucronide (PdG); Reproductive characteristics

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

HORMONE; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COPULATION; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; MACACA; MENSTRUATION; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COPULATION; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONES; MACACA; MENSTRUATION; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 1; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; MACACA FUSCATA FUSCATA;

EID: 12344296655     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20086     Document Type: Article

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