Rise to power: A case study of male fecal androgen and cortisol levels before and after a non-aggressive rank change in a group of wild white-faced capuchins (cebus capucinus)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 299-307

  Schoof, Valérie A M ^a   Jack, Katharine M ^a   Carnegie, Sarah D ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dominance; Endocrinology; Fecal hormones; Male competition; Rank acquisition; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBUS; CHEMISTRY; COSTA RICA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CEBUS; COSTA RICA; FECES; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

CEBUS; CEBUS CAPUCINUS;

EID: 84859413899     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337220     Document Type: Article

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