Social modulation of testosterone levels in male black howlers (Alouatta pigra)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-166

  Rangel Negrín, Ariadna ^a   Dias, Pedro A D ^b   Chavira, Roberto ^c   Canales Espinosa, Domingo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alouatta pigra; Campeche; Group membership; Number of males; Reproductive challenges; Reproductive competition; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ALOUATTA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; FECES; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 78651465124     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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