Effects of social tolerance on stress: hair cortisol concentrations in the tolerant Tonkean macaques (Macaca tonkeana) and the despotic long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis).
Stress
; 24(6): 1033-1041, 2021 11.
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| ID: mdl-34756152
LAY SUMMARYBeing part of a social group can be very stressful, depending on the social structure of this group. We found that the more socially tolerant Tonkean macaques exhibited on average higher hair cortisol concentrations than more despotic long-tailed macaques. Males and females exhibited similar concentrations of hair cortisol in both species, but in male Tonkean macaques concentrations increased with age. The finding that overall cortisol levels were higher in the more tolerant species suggests that psychological arousal due to unpredictable social relations and mating competition may be an important driver of cortisol release in this species despite its overall tolerant social organization.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Stress, Psychological
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Hydrocortisone
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Stress
Journal subject:
NEUROLOGIA
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United kingdom