Personality dimensions and their behavioral correlates in wild Virunga mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)

Authors: Winnie Eckardt, H. Dieter Steklis, Netzin G. Steklis, Alison W. Fletcher, Tara S. Stoinski, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animal ethology, gorillas, personality-traits, theory of evolution

2015

Personality and subjective well-being in captive male western lowland gorillas living in bachelor groups

Authors: Sarah A. Schaefer, H. Dieter Steklis

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: captive management, conscientiousness, five-factor model, gorilla, personality, well-being

2014

Relationship between rank and plasma testosterone and cortisol in red deer males (Cervus elaphus)

Authors: Luděk Bartoš, Dieter Schams, George A. Bubenik, Radim Kotrba, Milan Tománek

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: cervus-elaphus, cortisol, dominance, rank, red deer, social-structure, testosterone

2010

Long-term dominance relationships in female mountain gorillas: strength, stability and determinants of rank

Authors: Robbins, M.M., Robbins, A.M., Gerald-Steklis, N., Steklis, H.D.

Publication/Journal: Behavior

Keywords: access to resources, dominance, egalitarian, mountain gorillas., nepotism, philopatric, primates, rank, reproductive success, social animals, social relationships

2005

Dispersed male networks in western gorillas

Authors: Brenda J. Bradley, Diane M. Doran-Sheehy, Dieter Lukas, Christophe Boesch, Linda Vigilant

Publication/Journal: Current Biology

Keywords: gorilla, gorilla beringei beringei), kin selection, mountain gorilla, patrilocal, relatedness

2004

Salivary cortisol assessment for stress detection in the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus): A pilot study

Authors: Holger H. Dathe, Bernd Kuckelkorn, Dieter Minnemann

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: management, physiology, stress monitoring

1992