ArticlePrimates; journal of primatology2017
Relationships between steroid hormones in hair and social behaviour in ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta).
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- Human-like adrenal development in wild chimpanzees: A longitudinal study of urinary dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate and cortisol.American journal of primatology · 2020Article
- Steroid hormones in hair reveal sexual maturity and competition in wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus).Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Low-ranking individuals present high and unstable fecal cortisol levels in provisioned free-ranging adult male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) during the birth season in a mountain area of northern China.Primates; journal of primatology · 2018Article
- Social relationship and hair cortisol level in captive male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).Primates; journal of primatology · 2018Article
- Can concentrations of steroid hormones in brown bear hair reveal age class?Conservation physiology · 2018Article
- Relationships between affiliative social behavior and hair cortisol concentrations in semi-free ranging rhesus monkeys.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2017Article
- The quantification of reproductive hormones in the hair of captive adult brown bears and their application as indicators of sex and reproductive state.Conservation physiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Relationships between the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal and hypothalamic-pituitary gonadal axes and social behaviour in primates are complex. By using hair to quantify steroid hormones, one can obtain retrospective estimates of long-term free hormone levels from a single sample. In this study, hair was used to quantify long-term levels of cortisol, testosterone, and estradiol among members of a colony of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) to explore associations between intra- and intersexual levels of these hormones and social behaviour between the breeding and birthing seasons. Positive trends between hair cortisol and rates of receiving aggression approached significance for males and females after controlling for age. While there was no relationship between sex steroid concentrations and intrasexual social interactions, high rates of aggression in females over the study period coincided with females exhibiting the same average concentrations of testosterone as males. We, therefore, conclude that being the recipient of aggression might be more stressful than being aggressive in ring-tailed lemurs, and that testosterone potentially mediates female dominance in this species. We suggest that further investigation of hair hormones and behaviour in additional primate species could provide a useful comparative framework to guide interpretation of these novel findings.
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