Testosterone related to age and life-history stages in male baboons and geladas

• Published in: Hormones and behavior Vol. 56; no. 4; pp. 472 - 480
• Main Authors: Beehner, Jacinta C., Gesquiere, Laurence, Seyfarth, Robert M., Cheney, Dorothy L., Alberts, Susan C., Altmann, Jeanne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.10.2009; Elsevier; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Aging - physiology; Analysis of Variance; Androgen; Animal reproduction; Animals; Animals, Wild; Behavioral psychophysiology; Biological and medical sciences; Comparative studies; Fecal steroid; Feces - chemistry; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hormone; Hormones and behavior; Life history; Male; Males; Maturation; Method validation; Papio; Papio - physiology; Papio cynocephalus; Papio ursinus; Primates; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Social Behavior; Social Dominance; Species Specificity; Testosterone; Testosterone - analysis; Testosterone - metabolism; Theropithecus - physiology; Theropithecus gelada; Time Factors; Hormone; Life history; Androgen; Maturation; Method validation; Fecal steroid; Steroid; Validation; Male; History; Testosterone; Testicular hormone; Sex steroid hormone; Age

Despite significant advances in our knowledge of how testosterone mediates life-history trade-offs, this research has primarily focused on seasonal taxa. We know comparatively little about the relationship between testosterone and life-history stages for non-seasonally breeding species. Here we exam...