Relationship between rank and plasma testosterone and cortisol in red deer males (Cervus elaphus)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 628-634

  Bartoš, Luděk ^a   Schams, Dieter ^b   Bubenik, George A ^c   Kotrba, Radim ^a   Tománek, Milan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Cortisol; Dominance; Rank; Red deer; Social structure; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DEER; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 78149231429     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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