Sources of variation in fecal cortisol levels in Howler monkeys in Belize

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 600-606

  Behie, Alison M ^a   Pavelka, Mary S M ^a   Chapman, Colin A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alouatta pigra; Diet; Ecological stressors; Fecal cortisol; Howler monkeys; Nutritional stress; Tourism

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE;

DIET; FECES; FECUNDITY; FRUIT; GLUCOSE; HORMONE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIMATE; TOURISM;

AGING; ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BELIZE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL; TREE;

AGING; ALOUATTA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BELIZE; FECES; FEMALE; FRUIT; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRAVEL; TREES;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PIGRA;

EID: 77953340700     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20813     Document Type: Article

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