Stress and Aggressive Behaviors

Biology of Aggression

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Blanchard, D Caroline ^a   Blanchard, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensive aggression; Mammals; Offensive aggression; Stress hormone; Stress response

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753363     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195168761.003.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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