Does hierarchy stability influence testosterone and cortisol levels of bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) adult males? A comparison between two wild groups

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 109, Issue Part A, 2014, Pages 79-88

  Mendonça Furtado, Olívia ^a   Edaes, Mariana ^a   Palme, Rupert ^b   Rodrigues, Agatha ^a   Siqueira, José ^a   Izar, Patrícia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aggression; Allostatic load; Challenge hypothesis; Dominance; Hormones

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLITE; PREDATOR; PRIMATE; SEX HORMONE; WILD POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEBUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL STATUS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; FECES; METABOLISM; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WILD ANIMAL;

CEBUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CEBUS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FECES; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84918546456     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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