Browsing Research Articles (Anatomy and Physiology) by Subject "Reproductive success"

Browsing Research Articles (Anatomy and Physiology) by Subject "Reproductive success"

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  • The influence of stress hormones and aggression on cooperative behaviour in subordinate meerkats 
    Dantzer, Ben; Goncalves, Ines Braga; Spence-Jones, Helen C.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Heistermann, Michael; Ganswindt, Andre; Dubuc, Constance; Gaynor, David; Manser, Marta B.; Clutton-Brock, Tim H. (The Royal Society, 2017-09)
    In cooperative breeders, aggression from dominant breeders directed at subordinates may raise subordinate stress hormone (glucocorticoid) concentrations. This may benefit dominants by suppressing subordinate reproduction ...