Sex, stress and social status: patterns in fecal testosterone and glucocorticoid metabolites in male Ethiopian wolves.

Ethiopian wolves, Canis simensis, live in large multi-male family packs, where males are philopatric and do not disperse. Within a pack, mating and breeding is largely monopolized by the dominant male and female, although extra-pack copulations are common, and subordinate males may sire pups in neig...

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Main Authors: van Kesteren, F, Sillero-Zubiri, C, Millar, R, Argaw, K, Macdonald, D, Paris, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012