Stress hormones and sociality: Integrating social and environmental stressors

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1612, 2007, Pages 967-975

  Rubenstein, Dustin R ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Allostatic load; Cooperative breeding; Corticosterone; Glucocorticoids; Reproductive conflict

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; RAIN; STRESS HORMONE;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING POPULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HORMONE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; INBREEDING; LAMPROTORNIS SUPERBUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; STARLING; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; KENYA; METABOLISM; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS;

LAMPROTORNIS SUPERBUS;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENT; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; KENYA; OBSERVATION; RAIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STARLINGS; STRESS;

EID: 34248551285     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0051     Document Type: Article

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