Social Dynamics and the Cortisol Response to Immobilization Stress of the African Wild Dog,Lycaon pictus

The aims of the study were to characterize the cortisol response to immobilization stress in African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) and to investigate the relationship between stress and sociality in these pack-living canids.Ad lib.observations were made on a captive pack of 19 wild dogs. Individuals wer...

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Veröffentlicht in:Hormones and behavior 1997-02, Vol.31 (1), p.3-14
Hauptverfasser: de Villiers, Marienne S., van Jaarsveld, Albert S., Meltzer, David G.A., Richardson, Philip R.K.
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