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Social support correlates with glucocorticoid concentrations in wild African elephant orphans

Social relationships have physiological impacts. Here, we investigate whether loss of the mother/offspring relationship has lasting effects on fecal glucocorticoid metabolite (fGCM) concentrations in wild African elephant orphans several years following their mothers’ deaths. We find no difference i...

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Autores principales: Parker, J. M., Brown, J. L., Hobbs, N. T., Boisseau, N. P., Letitiya, D., Douglas-Hamilton, I., Wittemyer, G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9283395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35835816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03574-8