Age-related changes in urinary testosterone levels suggest differences in puberty onset and divergent life history strategies in bonobos and chimpanzees

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 525-533

  Behringer, V ^a   Deschner, T ^a   Deimel, C ^b   Stevens, J M G ^c   Hohmann, G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aggression; Bonobo; Chimpanzee; Development; Dispersal; LC MS; Maturation; Puberty; Steroid; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; LIFE HISTORY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PAN PANISCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URINE;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; FEMALE; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84905665623     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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