The stress of being alone: Removal from the colony, but not social subordination, increases fecal cortisol metabolite levels in eusocial naked mole-rats
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: enzyme immunoassay, eusocial, fecal cortisol metabolites, isolation stress, naked mole-rat, social rank, social status, social stress
2020
Characterization of estrous cycles and pregnancy in Somali wild asses (Equus africanus somaliensis) through fecal hormone analyses
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: equid, estrogens, gestation, progestagens
2018
Coping style and cortisol levels in infancy predict hair cortisol following new group formation in captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: glucocorticoids, personality, social instability
2018
Hormonal correlates of development and natal dispersal in wild female owl monkeys (Aotus azarae) of Argentina
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: dispersal, ovulatory cycling, owl monkey, reproductive suppression, sexual maturity, social monogamy
2017
Prevalence and determinants of stereotypic behaviours and physiological stress among tigers and leopards in Indian zoos
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords:
2017
Risk-averse personalities have a systemically potentiated neuroendocrine stress axis: A multilevel experiment in Parus major
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: acth, behavioral syndromes, corticosterone, dexamethasone, glucocorticoid receptor, hpa axis, mineralocorticoid receptor, negative feedback, personality, stress
2017
Assessment of aversion and unconsciousness during exposure to carbon dioxide at high concentration in lambs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, auditory-evoked potential, aversion, carbon dioxide, sheep, stunning
2016
A comparison of nocturnal primate behavior in exhibits illuminated with red and blue light
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity levels, circadian disruption, salivary melatonin, zoo lighting design
2016
Complex cooperative breeders: Using infant care costs to explain variability in callitrichine social and reproductive behavior
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: cooperation, ecology, mating systems, phenotypic plasticity, sexual selection
2016
Early life stress accelerates behavioral and neural maturation of the hippocampus in male mice
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: early life stress, mice
2016