Reproductive aging in captive and wild common chimpanzees: Factors influencing the rate of follicular depletion

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 271-282

  Atsalis, Sylvia ^a,b,c   Videan, Elaine ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d Holloman AFB   (United States)

Author keywords

Apes; Fertility; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; FERTILITY; IMMIGRATION; INFERTILITY; LACTATION; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEXUAL MATURITY; WILD POPULATION;

AGING; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MENOPAUSE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; FEMALE; MENOPAUSE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PAN TROGLODYTES; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 64649096353     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20650     Document Type: Review

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