Variation in behavioral and hormonal responses of adult male gray-cheeked mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena) to crowned eagles (Stephanoaetus coronatus) in Kibale National Park, Uganda

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 491-499

  Arlet, Malgorzata E ^a   Isbell, Lynne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active defense; Alarm call; Fecal cortisol; Predator prey strategies

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DIET; FECES; HORMONE; NATIONAL PARK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMATE; RAPTOR;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

ACCIPITRIDAE; CERCOCEBUS; LOPHOCEBUS ALBIGENA; PRIMATES; STEPHANOAETUS CORONATUS;

EID: 58649109813     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0682-5     Document Type: Article

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