Variation in the resumption of cycling and conception by fecal androgen and estradiol levels in female northern muriquis (Brachyteles hypoxanthus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-81

  Strier, Karen B ^a   Ziegler, Toni E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyteles hypoxanthus; DHT; Estradiol; Female androgens; Fertility; Northern muriqui

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; HORMONE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRACHYTELES; BRACHYTELES ARACHNOIDES;

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CEBIDAE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 27744532156     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20170     Document Type: Conference Paper

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