Species-specific patterns in fecal glucocorticoid and androgen levels in zoo-living orangutans (Pongo spp.)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 446-457

  Weingrill, Tony ^a   Willems, Erik P ^a   Zimmermann, Nina ^a   Steinmetz, Hanspeter ^b   Heistermann, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

^c GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fecal androgens; Fecal glucocorticoids; Group size; Interspecific differences; Orangutans; Social stress

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL STRESS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEROID EXCRETION; ZOO ANIMAL;

EID: 79957837977     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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