Scent-marking and cortisol response in the small-eared bushbaby (Otolemur garnettii)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 695-699

  Watson, Sheree L ^a   Ward, Jeannette P ^a   Davis, Kenneth B ^a   Stavisky, Ronda C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bushbabies; Cortisol; Displacement behaviors; Prosimian; Scent marking

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN;

EID: 0032973030     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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