Birth season glucocorticoids are related to the presence of infants in sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1663, 2009, Pages 1855-1863

  Brockman, Diane K ^a   Cobden, Amy K ^b   Whitten, Patricia L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Glucocorticoids; Infanticide; Infants; Plural breeding; Sifaka

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

BIOASSAY; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FECES; INFANTICIDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIMATE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRATION; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

MAMMALIA; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI;

EID: 66149167464     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1912     Document Type: Article

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