The Association of Intergroup Encounters, Dominance Status, and Fecal Androgen and Glucocorticoid Profiles in Wild Male White-Faced Capuchins (Cebus capucinus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-115

  Schoof, Valérie A M ^a   Jack, Katharine M ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Endocrinology; Infanticide; Reproductive competition; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; HORMONE; INFANTICIDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBUS; CHEMISTRY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COSTA RICA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CEBUS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COSTA RICA; FECES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SANTA ROSA;

CEBUS; CEBUS CAPUCINUS;

EID: 84871374548     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22089     Document Type: Article

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