Bigger groups have fewer parasites and similar cortisol levels: A multi-group analysis in red colobus monkeys

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1072-1080

  Snaith, Tamaini V ^a   Chapman, Colin A ^b,c   Rothman, Jessica M ^b   Wasserman, Michael D ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colobus; Cortisol; Disease transmission; Group size; Parasite

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIMATE; STRESS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIBAALE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; COLOBUS SP.; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PROCOLOBUS RUFOMITRATUS; VERMES;

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOBINAE; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

ANIMALS; COLOBUS; FECES; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

EID: 55649119868     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20601     Document Type: Article

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