High faecal glucocorticoid levels predict mortality in ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta)

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-63

  Pride, R Ethan ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Faecal steroid; Glucocorticoid; Lemur; Mortality; Survival

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

MORTALITY; PRIMATE; STEROID; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; MADAGASCAR; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR; LEMUR CATTA; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 27444446242     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0245     Document Type: Article

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