Chest staining variation as a signal of testosterone levels in male Verreaux's Sifaka

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 586-592

  Lewis, Rebecca J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Badge; Bimorphism; Hormone; Lemur; Madagascar; Olfaction; Primate; Propithecus verreauxi; Scent glands; Seasonality; Testes

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI; PROSIMIAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT; THORAX;

ANIMALS; FECES; HAIR; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; ORGAN SIZE; PIGMENTATION; SEASONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STREPSIRHINI; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 60249100802     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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