Monitoring the behaviour and stress physiology of male gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla for one year following bachelor group formation

Authors: Katherine J Fowler, Lydia M Hopper, Stephen R Ross, Maureen Leahy, Rachel M Santymire

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: androgens, behaviour, glucocorticoids, non-invasive, primates, proximity, social introductions

2022

Physical and behavioral indicators associated with hormonal changes during musth in zoo-housed and free-ranging Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Chase A LaDue, Kathleen E Hunt, MG Sachintha M Samaraweera, Rajnish PG Vandercone, Wendy K Kiso, Elizabeth W Freeman

Publication/Journal: Theriogenology Wild

Keywords: androgens, conservation, glucocorticoids, temporal gland secretion, thyroid hormones, urine dribbling

2022

Fecal stress, nutrition and reproductive hormones for monitoring environmental impacts on tigers (Panthera tigris)

Authors: Samrat Mondol, Rebecca K Booth, Samuel K %J Conservation Physiology Wasser

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: adrenal, conservation physiology, stress-nutrition interplay, thyroid and reproductive hormones assay validation, tigers

2020

Impacts of the season and reproductive status on fecal reproductive and adrenocortical steroid metabolites in zoo Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer)

Authors: Lauren Augustine, Kyle Miller, Alan Peters, Ashley D Franklin, Cathleen M Steinbeiser, Janine L Brown, Natalia A Prado

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: crocodilians, fecal hormone metabolites, zoo management

2020

Influence of vitamin E and carcass feeding supplementation on fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in male black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes)

Authors: Rachel M Santymire, Shana R Lavin, Heather Branvold-Faber, Julie Kreeger, Judy Che-Castaldo, Michelle Rafacz, Paul Marinari

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: androgen, black-footed ferret, carcass feeding, fecal glucocorticoid, vitamin e

2020

Territorial aggression in urban and rural Song Sparrows is correlated with corticosterone, but not testosterone

Authors: Scott Davies, Michelle L. Beck, Kendra B. Sewall

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: androgen, challenge hypothesis, glucocorticoid, territorial aggression, urbanization

2018

Correlates of androgens in wild male Barbary macaques: Testing the challenge hypothesis

Authors: Alan V. Rincon, Laëtitia Maréchal, Stuart Semple, Bonaventura Majolo, Ann MacLarnon

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: androgens, barbary macaques, challenge hypothesis, male-infant affiliation, rank instability

2017

Beyond aggression: Androgen-receptor blockade modulates social interaction in wild meerkats

Authors: Javier delBarco-Trillo, Lydia K. Greene, Ines Braga Goncalves, Miriam Fenkes, Jillian H. Wisse, Julian A. Drewe, Marta B. Manser, Tim Clutton-Brock, Christine M. Drea

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, antiandrogen, behavioral neuroendocrinology, communication, cooperative breeder, field experiment, flutamide, prosocial behavior, subordinate male, testosterone

2016

Non-ovarian aromatization is required to activate female sexual motivation in testosterone-treated ovariectomized quail

Authors: Catherine de Bournonville, Jacques Balthazart, Gregory F. Ball, Charlotte A. Cornil

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: approach behavior, aromatase activity, female sexual behavior, japanese quail, partner preference, tamoxifen, vorozole

2016

Reproductive success in the Lusitanian toadfish: Influence of calling activity, male quality and experimental design

Authors: M. Clara P. Amorim, Carlotta Conti, Carla Sousa-Santos, Bruno Novais, Maria D. Gouveia, Joana R. Vicente, Teresa Modesto, Amparo Gonçalves, Paulo J. Fonseca

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: acoustic communication, androgen, condition, mate choice, parentage analysis, teleost fish

2016

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