Life-history correlates of steroid concentrations in wild peripartum baboons

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-106

  Altmann, Jeanne ^a,c   Lynch, Jessica Ward ^a   Nguyen, Nga ^a   Alberts, Susan C ^b,d   Gesquiere, Laurence R ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal sex; Lactation; Offspring survival; Papio; Parity; Pregnancy; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY; PRIMATE; STEROID; SURVIVAL;

ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; PAPIO; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ESTROGENS; FECES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LACTATION; MALE; PAPIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTINS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; TESTOSTERONE;

PAPIO; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 7244223418     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20064     Document Type: Article

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