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Alpha male status and availability of conceptive females are associated with high glucocorticoid concentrations in high-ranking male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) during the mating season

Authors: Krista M. Milich, Alexander V. Georgiev, Rachel M. Petersen, Melissa Emery Thompson, Dario Maestripieri

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: dominance rank, glucocorticoids, mating season

2018

Effects of early life adversity on cortisol/salivary alpha-amylase symmetry in free-ranging juvenile rhesus macaques

Authors: Lauren A. Petrullo, Tara M. Mandalaywala, Karen J. Parker, Dario Maestripieri, James P. Higham

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: alpha-amylase, asymmetry, cortisol, early life adversity, hpa, rhesus macaque, stress

2016

What cortisol can tell us about the costs of sociality and reproduction among free-ranging rhesus macaque females on Cayo Santiago

Authors: Dario Maestripieri, Alexander V. Georgiev

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: competition, cortisol, reproduction, rhesus macaques, social evolution, stress

2016

Measuring salivary analytes from free-ranging monkeys

Authors: James P. Higham, Alison B. Vitale, Adaris Mas Rivera, James E. Ayala, Dario Maestripieri

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: alpha-amylase, cortisol, enzyme-immuno-assay, field methods, immune function, laboratory methods, mammalian brains, saliva, secretory immunoglobulin a

2010

Terminal investment and senescence in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) on Cayo Santiago

Authors: C. L. Hoffman, J. P. Higham, A. Mas-Rivera, J. E. Ayala, D. Maestripieri

Publication/Journal: Behavioral Ecology

Keywords: aging, life history, maternal investment, offspring fitness, reproductive senescence, rhesus macaques

2010

Effects of reproductive condition and dominance rank on cortisol responsiveness to stress in free-ranging female rhesus macaques

Authors: Christy L. Hoffman, James E. Ayala, Adaris Mas-Rivera, Dario Maestripieri

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: cortisol, rank, reproductive condition, rhesus macaques

2009

Mother–infant interactions in free-ranging rhesus macaques: Relationships between physiological and behavioral variables

Authors: Dario Maestripieri, Christy L. Hoffman, George M. Anderson, C. Sue Carter, James D. Higley

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: cortisol, infant behavior, maternal behavior, monoamine neurotransmitters, oxytocin, prolactin, rhesus monkeys

2009

Sex Differences in Play Among Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Infants: Implications for Adult Behavior and Social Structure

Authors: D. Maestripieri, S. R. Ross

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Keywords: gorillas, partner preferences, play, sex differences, social-structure

2004

Mother-infant interactions in western lowland gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla gorilla): Spatial relationships, communication and opportunities for social learning

Authors: D. Maestripieri, S.K. Ross, N.L. Megna

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: mother-infant interactions, social learning, western lowland gorillas

2002

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