Factors affecting fecal glucocorticoid levels in semi-free-ranging female mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1023-1032

  Setchell, Joanna M ^a   Smith, Tessa ^b   Wickings, E Jean ^c   Knapp, Leslie A ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Dominance rank; Fecal cortisol; Reproduction; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DOMINANCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX HORMONE; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MANDRILLUS; MANDRILLUS SPHINX; PRIMATES;

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MANDRILLUS; METABOLISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; MANDRILLUS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 55649096728     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20594     Document Type: Article

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