Dominance and reproductive rates in captive female olive baboons, Papio anubis

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-72

  Garcia, C ^a   Lee, P C ^b   Rosetta, Lyliane ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominance rank; Fertility; Interbirth interval; Postpartum amenorrhea; Resumption of cycling

Indexed keywords

AMENORRHEA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GESTATION PERIOD; LACTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

AGE FACTORS; AMENORRHEA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAPIO ANUBIS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747607982     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20405     Document Type: Article

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