Immune and endocrine aspects of physical and social environmental variations in groups of male rabbits in seminatural conditions

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 281-289

  Lupo, C ^a   Fontani, G ^a   Girolami, L ^a   Lodi, L ^a   Muscettola, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviour; Corticosterone; Glucocorticoid receptors; IFN production; Rabbit; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033827641     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2000.9522801     Document Type: Article

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