Hormonal response to competition among male coalitions

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 437-442

  Wagner, John D ^a   Flinn, Mark V ^b   England, Barry G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalitions; Competition; Cortisol; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036837910     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(02)00100-9     Document Type: Article

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