Body Temperature and Physical Activity Correlates of the Menstrual Cycle in Chacma Baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1143-1153

  Nyakudya, Trevor T ^a   Fuller, Andrea ^a   Meyer, Leith C R ^a   Maloney, Shane K ^b   Mitchell, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biologging; Menstrual cycle; Ovulation; Perineal swelling; Primates

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BODY CONDITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA ACQUISITION; FEMALE; HORMONE; NADIR; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVULATION; PAPIO URSINUS; PERINEUM; PHYSIOLOGY; URINE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVULATION; PAPIO URSINUS; PERINEUM; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO URSINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84869864678     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22073     Document Type: Article

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