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The female effect—how female receptivity influences faecal testosterone metabolite levels, socio-positive behaviour and vocalization in male Southern white rhinoceroses

Testosterone is known to be essential for sexual maturation as well as for the display of behavioural traits linked to reproduction. At the same time, external factors such as the presence of receptive females may affect testosterone levels, stressing the hormone’s substantial role in reproductive s...

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Autores principales: Jenikejew, Julia, Wauters, Jella, Dehnhard, Martin, Scheumann, Marina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8084027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33959291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coab026