Testosterone levels of free-ranging resident mantled howler monkey males in relation to the number and density of solitary males: A test of the challenge hypothesis

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-267

  Cristóbal Azkarate, Jurgi ^a,d   Chavira, Roberto ^b   Boeck, Lourdes ^b   Rodríguez Luna, Ernesto ^c   Veàl, Joaquim J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Inst Natl Nutr Salvador Zubiran   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^d NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alouatta palliata; Challenge hypothesis; Fecal testosterone; Howler monkeys; Mating system

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; INFANTICIDE; MATING; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; FECES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 31444451144     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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