Physiological suppression eases in Damaraland mole-rat societies when ecological constraints on dispersal are relaxed

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-183

  Young, Andrew J ^a,b   Oosthuizen, Maria K ^c   Lutermann, Heike ^c   Bennett, Nigel C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Cryptomys damarensis; Ecological constraints; Naked mole rat; Physiological suppression; Rainfall; Reproductive conflict; Reproductive skew; Reproductive suppression; Social stress

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUKOMYS DAMARENSIS; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; IMMIGRANT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISPERSAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY WEIGHT; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MOLE RATS; PITUITARY GLAND; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 74749094109     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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