Non-invasive monitoring of endocrine status in laboratory primates: methods, guidelines and applications

During the past three decades, non-invasive methods for assessing physiological, in particular endocrine, status have revolutionized almost all areas of primatology, including behavioural ecology, reproductive biology, stress research, conservation and last but not least management of primates in ca...

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Main Author: M. Heistermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-11-01
Series:Advances in Science and Research
Online Access:http://www.adv-sci-res.net/5/1/2010/asr-5-1-2010.pdf