Relationships between patterns of fecal corticoid excretion and behavior, reproduction, and environmental factors in captive black (Diceros bicornis) and white (Ceratotherium simum) rhinoceros

Zoo Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-232

  Carlstead, Kathy ^a   Brown, Janine L ^b  

^a Honolulu Zoo   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal activity; Mortality; Olfactory behavior; Ovarian activity; Reproduction; Stress

Indexed keywords

CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; DICEROS BICORNIS; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROTIDAE;

EID: 26444545113     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20050     Document Type: Article

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