Glucocorticoid levels in free ranging resident mantled howlers: A study of coping strategies

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 866-876

  Cristóbal Azkarate, Jurgi ^a,c   Chavira, Roberto ^b   Boeck, Lourdes ^b   Rodríguez Luna, Ernesto ^c   Veà, Joaquím J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Inst Natl Nutr Salvador Zubiran   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Alouatta palliata; Fecal analysis; Los tuxtlas; Steroid hormones; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FECES; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; HORMONE; MALE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERRITORIALITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FECES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TERRITORIALITY;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA;

EID: 34548044504     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20383     Document Type: Article

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