Social rank and cortisol among female rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)
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Social rank and cortisol among female rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).
In animal societies, some stressful events can lead to higher levels of physiological stress. Such stressors, like social rank, also predict an increased vulnerability to an array of diseases. However, the physiological relationship between social rank and stress varies between different species, as well as within groups of a single species. For example, dominant individuals are more socially s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Zoological Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0254-5853
DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1141.2013.e02e42