Urinary Cortisol, Aggression, Dominance and Competition in Wild, West African Male Chimpanzees

High dominance status is associated with fitness benefits in many social mammals. Yet, attaining and maintaining a high social status often comes with elevated energetic costs. Dominance rank-related exposure to energetic and psychosocial stressors is predicted to vary depending on the type of breed...

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Main Authors: Anna Preis, Liran Samuni, Tobias Deschner, Catherine Crockford, Roman M. Wittig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00107/full