Social dynamics and the cortisol response to immobilization stress of the African wild dog, Lycaon pictus

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-14

  De Villiers, Marienne S ^a   Van Jaarsveld, Albert S ^a   Meltzer, David G A ^a   Richardson, Philip R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031079935     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1997.1314     Document Type: Article

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