Reproductive characteristics of wild female Phayre's leaf monkeys

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1073-1081

  Lu, Amy ^a,b   Borries, Carola ^a   Czekala, Nancy M ^c   Beehner, Jacinta C ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Papoose Conservation Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycle length; Fecal hormones; Follicular phase; Gestation; Luteal phase

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SEX HORMONE;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FERTILITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HORMONE; METABOLITE; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOBINAE; FECES; FEMALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLOBINAE; FECES; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THAILAND;

CHAIYAPHUM; NORTHEASTERN REGION; PHU KHIEO WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; THAILAND;

PRIMATES; TRACHYPITHECUS; TRACHYPITHECUS PHAYREI CREPUSCULUS;

EID: 77958547987     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20866     Document Type: Article

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