Cohabitation impaired physiology, fitness and sex-related chemosignals in golden hamsters

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 1071-1077

  Zhang, Jian Xu ^a   Rao, Xiao Ping ^b   Sun, Lixing ^c   Wang, Da Wei ^a   Liu, Dingzhen ^b   Zhao, Chenghua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b MOE   (China)

^c CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biparental care; Chemosignal; Cortisol; Fitness; Flank gland; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

EID: 40749150347     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.01.017     Document Type: Article

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