Social and environmental factors affecting fecal glucocorticoids in wild, female white-faced capuchins (cebus capucinus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 861-869

  Carnegie, Sarah D ^a   Fedigan, Linda M ^a   Ziegler, Toni E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry season; Glucocorticoids; Male stability; Reproductive state; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTATION; BENCHMARKING; BIOACCUMULATION; DRY SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FECES; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE; INFANTICIDE; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; PRIMATE; RANKING; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; STEROID; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CEBUS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEASON; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

COSTA RICA;

CEBUS; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 79960484718     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20954     Document Type: Article

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