Sexual communication between breeding male and female cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus), and its relationship to infant care

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-69

  Ziegler, Toni E ^a,b   Jacoris, Steve ^a   Snowdon, Charles T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Chemical signalling; Cotton top tamarin; Glucocorticoids; Ovulation; Parenting behavior

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

COMMUNICATION; HORMONE; OLFACTORY CUE; PARENTAL CARE; PRIMATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; OVULATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BREEDING; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OVULATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SAGUINUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANTHROPOIDEA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SAGUINUS; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR; SAGUINUS OEDIPUS;

EID: 7244229766     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20061     Document Type: Article

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