Does estradiol modulate sexual solicitations in female Rhinopithecus roxellana?

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1171-1186

  Yan, Caie ^a   Jiang, Zhigang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Ovarian cycle; Pregnancy; Sexual solicitation

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; MATING SUCCESS; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PUDONG; SHANGHAI; SHANGHAI WILD ANIMAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

EID: 33750242129     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-006-9021-8     Document Type: Article

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