Sociosexual behavior, male mating tactics, and the reproductive cycle of giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 314-321

  Bercovitch, Fred B ^a   Bashaw, Meredith J ^a,b   del Castillo, Susan M ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal steroids; Giraffe; Pregnanes; Reproductive behavior; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONCEPTION; COW; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARADALIS; HERD; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; FECES; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; OVARY; OVULATION; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33745899641     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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