Different ovarian responses to potential mates underlie species-specific breeding strategies in common marmoset and Goeldi's monkey

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 302-311

  Mattle, Franziska M E ^a   Pryce, Christopher R ^b   Anzenberger, Gustl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus); Cooperative breeding; Female competition; Goeldi's monkey (Callimico goeldii); Paternal care; Polygyny; Suppression of ovulation

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ESTROGEN URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MARMOSET; MATE CHOICE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS; VISION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CALLIMICO; CALLITHRIX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; OVARY; PAIR BOND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45449104415     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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