Long-term storage effects in steroid metabolite extracts from baboon (Papio sp.) faeces - a comparison of three commonly applied storage methods

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 493-500

  Kalbitzer, Urs ^a   Heistermann, Michael ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgen; Cortisol; Enzyme immunoassay; Field endocrinology; Glucocorticoid; Hormones; Primate; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877918298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12054     Document Type: Article

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