Male competition and its hormonal correlates in Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-113

  Ostner, Julia ^a,b   Heistermann, Michael ^c   Schülke, Oliver ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Assamese macaques; Consortships; Contest competition; Dominance; Fecal androgens; Macaca assamensis; Mating success; Monopolization potential; Priority of access

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MACACA; MALE; MATING SUCCESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STEROID EXCRETION;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FECES; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MACACA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78651440097     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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