Behavioural patterns associated with faecal cortisol levels in free-ranging female ring-tailed lemurs, Lemur catta

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 935-944

  Cavigelli, Sonia A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PRIMATE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033118845     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.1054     Document Type: Article

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