Effects of social status, age, and season on androgen and cortisol levels in wild male golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-95

  Bales, Karen L ^a,b,c   French, Jeffrey A ^d   McWilliams, Jennifer ^d   Lake, Reagan A ^a   Dietz, James M ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Challenge hypothesis; Cooperative breeding; Cortisol; Reproductive skew; Tamarin

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGING; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ESTRUS; FECES; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEONTOPITHECUS; MALE; SEASONS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 29244448686     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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