Linear social dominance hierarchy and corticosterone responses in male mallards and pintails

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 485-492

  Poisbleau, Maud ^a   Fritz, Hervé ^a   Guillon, Noël ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Anas acuta; Anas platyrhynchos; Corticosterone; Dominance status; Mallards; Pintails; Stress response

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DUCK; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; WINTER;

EID: 15044339716     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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