Social status and cortisol levels in singing rock hyraxes

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 212-216

  Koren, Lee ^a   Mokady, Ofer ^a   Geffen, Eli ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Mating success; Procavia capensis; Social rank; Stress hormones; Stress of domination hypothesis; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; STRESS HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCAVIA CAPENSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; ROCK HYRAXES; SINGING; SOCIAL STATUS; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STRESS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HYDROCORTISONE; HYRAXES; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 43949084340     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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