Testosterone and energetics in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-130

  Muller, Martin N ^a,b   Wrangham, Richard W ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Energetics; Food availability; Testosterone; Urinary steroids

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PRIMATE; TESTOSTERONE;

HOMO; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII;

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; MALE; OBSERVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UGANDA; URINE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANIMALS, WILD; EATING; MALE; OBSERVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTOSTERONE; UGANDA;

EID: 23244442430     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20132     Document Type: Article

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