Dominance, aggression and physiological stress in wild male Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 613-619

  Ostner, Julia ^a,b   Heistermann, Michael ^c   Schülke, Oliver ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Assamese macaques; Dominance; Fecal glucocorticoid excretion; Male bonds; Social stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; MACACA; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FECES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MACACA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 54149096704     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.05.020     Document Type: Article

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