Assessing reproductive profiles in female brown mouse lemurs (Microcebus rufus) from Ranomafana National Park, southeast Madagascar, using fecal hormone analysis

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 439-446

  Blanco, Marina B ^a   Meyer, Jerrold S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Fecal analysis; Microcebus rufus; Progesterone; Ranomafana national park

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HORMONE; NATIONAL PARK; PARTURITION; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; RANOMAFANA NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS RUFUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSIMIAN; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CHEIROGALEIDAE; ESTRADIOL; FECES; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 67449089789     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20672     Document Type: Article

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