Social correlates of fecal testosterone in male ursine colobus monkeys (Colobus vellerosus): The effect of male reproductive competition in aseasonal breeders

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 417-423

  Teichroeb, Julie A ^a   Sicotte, Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Aseasonal breeding; Black and white colobus; Challenge hypothesis; Dominance rank; Male male aggression; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GHANA; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; COLOBUS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 47549102010     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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