Foraging success, agonism, and predator alarms: Behavioral predictors of cortisol in Lemur catta

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 295-319

  Pride, R Ethan ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonism; Cortisol; Food intake; Lemur catta; Predation

Indexed keywords

GROUP BEHAVIOR;

LEMUR CATTA; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 17444379005     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-005-2926-9     Document Type: Article

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