Social categories in families of Mongolian gerbils

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 455-464

  Scheibler, Elke ^a   Weinandy, René ^a   Gattermann, Rolf ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenals; Family dynamics; Glucocorticoids; Social stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION SYNDROME; ADRENAL GLAND; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FAMILY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 2342468698     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.02.011     Document Type: Article

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