Lake Pigments Facilitate Analysis of Fecal Cortisol and Behavior in Group-Housed Macaques.

Autor: Stavisky, Ronda C., Whitten, Patricia L., Hammett, David H., Kaplan, Jay R.
Předmět:
Zdroj: American Journal of Physical Anthropology; Sep2001, Vol. 116 Issue 1, p51, 8p, 3 Charts, 4 Graphs
Abstrakt: Examines the uses of lake pigments and it's implications for facilitating fecal steroid analysis and behavior in group-housed primates. Non-mutagenic and non-carcinogenic properties of lake pigments; Administration of lake pigments to the food consumed by the primates; Relation of fecal cortical secretions with behavioral indices of competition; Diurnal variations in fecal cortical secretion.
Databáze: Complementary Index