Coe C L, Rosenblum L A
Folia Primatol (Basel). 1978;29(1):19-42. doi: 10.1159/000155824.
The physiological and behavioral factors underlying the annual reproductive cycle of the squirrel monkey were evaluated under controlled laboratory conditions. Mating activity following the formation of two social groups served to synchronize the reproductive phases during the subsequent year of observation. Changes in male and female reproductive status were assessed during four designated phases: breeding, pregnancy, lactation and fatting. Behavioral and somatic changes in gonadectomized subjects, living in the social groups, were also evaluated. The variations in behavior and physiology across the year were considered in terms of factors constraining the timing of the natural reproductive pattern.
在可控的实验室条件下，对松鼠猴年度繁殖周期背后的生理和行为因素进行了评估。两个社会群体形成后的交配活动，有助于使随后一年观察期内的繁殖阶段同步。在四个指定阶段评估了雄性和雌性的生殖状态变化：繁殖期、孕期、哺乳期和育肥期。还评估了生活在社会群体中的性腺切除个体的行为和躯体变化。根据限制自然繁殖模式时间安排的因素，考量了全年行为和生理的变化。
