Preliminary evidence of accumulation of stress during translocation in mantled howlers

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 805-810

  Aguilar Cucurachi, M A Socorro ^a   Dias, Pedro A D ^a   Rangel Negrín, Ariadna ^b   Chavira, Roberto ^c   Boeck, Lourdes ^c   Canales Espinosa, Domingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Inst Natl Nutr Salvador Zubiran   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alouatta palliata; Mexico; Sex differences; Social interactions; Stress; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PRIMATE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION;

ALOUATTA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; PROCEDURES;

ALOUATTA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORTICOSTERONE; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; OBSERVATION; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSPORTATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA; ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 77954996601     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20841     Document Type: Article

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