Glucocorticoids of bison bulls in relation to social status

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 369-375

  Mooring, M S ^a   Patton, M L ^b   Lance, V A ^b   Hall, B M ^a   Schaad, E W ^a   Fetter, G A ^b   Fortin, S S ^a   McPeak, K M ^c  

^a POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison; Cortisol; Dominance; Fecal steroid; Glucocorticoids; Rut; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; BUFFALO; COPULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ESTRUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STEROID ANALYSIS; STRESS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BISON; CORTICOSTERONE; FECES; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 32644451551     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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