Elevated prolactin levels immediately precede decisions to babysit by male meerkat helpers

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-100

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Cooperative care; Cortisol; Prolactin; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FORAGE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERPESTIDAE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PROLACTIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33646835408     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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