Linkage between fecal androgen and glucocorticoid metabolites, spermaturia, body weight and onset of puberty in male African lions (Panthera leo)

• Sarah B. Putman †,

  † Deceased.

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA, United States of America, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States of America

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• Janine L. Brown,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA, United States of America

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• Craig Saffoe,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Zoological Park, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Ashley D. Franklin,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation AZA Reproductive Management Center, Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, MO, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0818-5156

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• Budhan S. Pukazhenthi

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: pukazhenthib@si.edu

  Affiliation Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4657-2023

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