Are subordinates always stressed? a comparative analysis of rank differences in cortisol levels among primates

2003/01/01 by David H. Abbott, D.H Abbott, E.B. Keverne +19 · 733 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Aggression #Baboon #Biology #Callithrix #Clinical psychology #Demography #Developmental psychology #Dominance (genetics) #Dominance hierarchy #Ecology #Marmoset #Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior #Primate #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Psychology #Social status #Social stress #Stress Responses and Cortisol #Stressor

paper · doi:10.1016/s0018-506x(02)00037-5

published in Hormones and Behavior 43(1), 67-82 (Elsevier BV)

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