The effect of the male bush dog (Speothos venaticus) on the female reproductive cycle

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 723-732

  DeMatteo, Karen E ^a,b,d   Porton, Ingrid J ^a   Kleiman, Devra G ^c   Asa, Cheryl S ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Zoo Logic   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bush dog; Interestrous interval; Male effect; Reproductive physiology; Speothos venaticus

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CANID; CAPTIVE POPULATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SPERM; TESTOSTERONE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; SPEOTHOS VENATICUS;

EID: 33748494219     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-342R1.1     Document Type: Article

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