Social mobbing calls in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): Effects of experience and associated cortisol levels

Animal Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 349-358

  Clara, Elena ^a,d   Tommasi, Luca ^b,c   Rogers, Lesley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age; Common marmoset; Cortisol in hair; Cultural transmission; Mobbing snakes; Vocalisations

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MARMOSET; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CALLITHRIX; FEAR; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS; SERPENTES;

EID: 40949141478     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-007-0125-0     Document Type: Article

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