Hormonal Correlates of Paternal Care Differences in the Hylobatidae

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-260

  Rafacz, Michelle L ^a,b   Margulis, Sue ^a,c   Santymire, Rachel M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Davee Center for Epidemiology and Endocrinology   (United States)

^c CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Estrogens; Glucocorticoids; Hylobatidae; Paternal behavior; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FECES; HORMONE; METABOLITE; MONOGAMY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATERNAL CARE; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHEMISTRY; FECES; HYLOBATIDAE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FECES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYLOBATIDAE; MALE; PARTURITION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POSTPARTUM PERIOD;

HYLOBATIDAE; SYMPHALANGUS SYNDACTYLUS;

EID: 84864065877     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.21994     Document Type: Article

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