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Vulval size, body weight, food intake, and food hoarding of 20 female Eastern chipmunks born in the wild were monitored for 3 weeks following ovariectomy or sham operation and subsequent estradiol benzoate (EB) or oil-vehicle replacement therapy. EB treatment induced vulval swelling; however, neither ovariectomy nor EB affected body weight, food intake, or food hoarding. The relationship between gonadal hormones and body weight regulation in chipmunks appears to be more complex than is assumed by current theory.
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This study was completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the MS degree at the University of Georgia by the first author. We thank Brad N. Bunnell and Lelon J. Peacock for critical review of the thesis and Martha Jo Clemmons and Lydia Woodard for typing the manuscript.
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Bruce, K., Estep, D. Body weight regulation and gonadal hormone manipulations in female Eastern chipmunks. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 25, 20–22 (1987). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330065
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