Cortisol levels are positively associated with pup-feeding rates in male meerkats

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1586, 2006, Pages 571-577

  Carlson, Anne A ^a,b   Manser, Marta B ^c   Young, Andrew J ^a   Russell, Andrew F ^a,d   Jordan, Neil R ^a,e   McNeilly, Alan S ^f   Clutton Brock, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative; Cortisol; Helper; Prolactin; Provisioning; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

CARNIVORE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING; FOOD PROVISIONING; MALE; MAMMAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTAL CARE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEERKAT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FEMALE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PROLACTIN;

EID: 33645779963     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3087     Document Type: Article

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