Seasonal changes in fecal testosterone concentrations and their relationship to the reproductive behavior, antler cycle and grouping patterns in free-ranging male Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus bezoarticus)

Theriogenology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2113-2125

  Pereira, Ricardo José Garcia ^a   Duarte, José Maurício Barbanti ^a   Negrão, João Alberto ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antler cycle; Feces; Pampas deer; Reproductive cycles; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; OZOTOCEROS BEZOARTICUS;

EID: 16844375158     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.08.014     Document Type: Article

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