Evidence from urinary cortisol that maternal behavior is related to stress in gorillas

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 429-437

  Bahr, Nina I ^a   Pryce, Christopher R ^a   Döbeli, Max ^b   Martin, Robert D ^a  

^a Anthropologisches Inst und Museum   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Captivity; Cortisol; Gorilla; Maternal behavior; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GORILLA; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; STRESS;

EID: 0031697537     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00057-2     Document Type: Article

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