Social, state-dependent and environmental modulation of faecal corticosteroid levels in free-ranging female spotted hyenas

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1484, 2001, Pages 2453-2459

  Goymann, W ^a   East, M L ^a   Wachter, B ^a   Honer O P ^a   Mostl E ^a   Van't Hof, T J ^a   Hofer, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Lactation; Non invasive monitoring; Serengeti; Spotted hyena; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

HORMONE; LACTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LACTATION; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

NGORONGORO CRATER; SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK; TANZANIA;

CROCUTA CROCUTA;

EID: 0035824408     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1828     Document Type: Article

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