Smelling wrong: Hormonal contraception in lemurs alters critical female odour cues

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1702, 2011, Pages 122-130

  Crawford, Jeremy Chase ^a   Boulet, Marylène ^a   Drea, Christine M ^a,b  

^a Box 90383 ^*  (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterozygosity; Kinship; Mate choice; Medroxyprogesterone acetate; Olfactory communication; Primate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHEMICAL CUE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; HETEROZYGOSITY; HORMONE; KIN RECOGNITION; MATE CHOICE; ODOR; OLFACTION; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 78650312713     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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