Fecal cortisol levels in free-ranging female chacma baboons: relationship to dominance, reproductive state and environmental factors
2004/03/23 by Tony Weingrill, David A Gray, David A. Gray +3 · 181 citations
Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · Veterinary · #Agonistic behaviour #Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies #Biology #Dominance (genetics) #Ecology #Endocrinology #Estrous cycle #Feces #Hydrocortisone #Internal medicine #Medicine #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Psychology #Reproduction #Stress Responses and Cortisol
paper · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2003.12.004
published in Hormones and Behavior 45(4), 259-269 (Elsevier BV)
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