Social inhibition of seasonal fattening in wild and captive gray mouse lemurs

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 185-194

  Genin F ^a   Schilling, A ^a   Perret, M ^a  

^a MNHN   (France)

Author keywords

Captivity and field studies; Female dominance; Lean mass; Seasonal fattening; Social inhibition; Thyroid hormones; TOBEC method

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 24944462829     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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