Urinary testosterone-metabolite levels and dominance rank in male and female bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Primates

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-96

  Sannen, Adinda ^a,b   Van Elsacker, Linda ^a,b   Heistermann, Michael ^c   Eens, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^c GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bonobo; Dominance rank; Testosterone; Urine

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE DERIVATIVE;

DOMINANCE; PRIMATE; SOCIAL STATUS; TESTOSTERONE; URINE;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; URINE; ZOO ANIMAL;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BELGIUM; FEMALE; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTOSTERONE CONGENERS;

PAN PANISCUS; PANISCUS;

EID: 2442576011     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-003-0066-4     Document Type: Article

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