Influence of reproductive season and rank on fecal glucocorticoid levels in free-ranging male Verreaux's sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 640-648

  Fichtel, Claudia ^a   Kraus, Cornelia ^b   Ganswindt, André ^a   Heistermann, Michael ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTH challenge; Dominance status; Fecal glucocorticoids; Male sifakas; Mating season; Propithecus verreauxi; Rank; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL FUNCTION; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTEROID METABOLISM; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIGHTING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI; PROSIMIAN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FECES; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 34248643435     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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