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Behavioral, endocrine, and immunological correlates of immigration by an aggressive male into a natural primate group.

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Alberts, SC; Sapolsky, RM; Altmann, J
Published in: Hormones and behavior
June 1992

A very aggressive young adult male entered one of three long-term study groups of yellow baboons. Papio cynocephalus, approximately 3 weeks after an immobilization project began. The immigrant male's rate of agonistic encounters was appreciably higher than average, and these interactions disproportionately involved adult females as targets. Basal cortisol concentrations were higher and total lymphocyte counts lower for individuals immobilized during the immigration situation than for other individuals; these effects were greater for females than for males. Among animals whose endocrine data were obtained during the immigration period, some were specific targets of the immigrant male's aggression and others were not. Lymphocyte counts were significantly lower for those individuals who were victims of the male's aggression than for noninvolved individuals; a nonsignificant tendency toward higher basal cortisol concentrations for victims was observed as well. The immigrant male himself had a high basal cortisol concentration, a low lymphocyte count, and a testosterone concentration that was triple the average for adult males and almost double the second highest value in the population.

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Hormones and behavior

DOI

EISSN

1095-6867

ISSN

0018-506X

Publication Date

June 1992

Volume

26

Issue

2

Start / End Page

167 / 178

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Environment
  • Social Behavior
  • Psychoneuroimmunology
  • Pregnancy
  • Papio
  • Male
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Immune Tolerance
  • Hydrocortisone
  • Female
 

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Alberts, S. C., Sapolsky, R. M., & Altmann, J. (1992). Behavioral, endocrine, and immunological correlates of immigration by an aggressive male into a natural primate group. Hormones and Behavior, 26(2), 167–178. https://doi.org/10.1016/0018-506x(92)90040-3
Alberts, S. C., R. M. Sapolsky, and J. Altmann. “Behavioral, endocrine, and immunological correlates of immigration by an aggressive male into a natural primate group.Hormones and Behavior 26, no. 2 (June 1992): 167–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/0018-506x(92)90040-3.
Alberts SC, Sapolsky RM, Altmann J. Behavioral, endocrine, and immunological correlates of immigration by an aggressive male into a natural primate group. Hormones and behavior. 1992 Jun;26(2):167–78.
Alberts, S. C., et al. “Behavioral, endocrine, and immunological correlates of immigration by an aggressive male into a natural primate group.Hormones and Behavior, vol. 26, no. 2, June 1992, pp. 167–78. Epmc, doi:10.1016/0018-506x(92)90040-3.
Alberts SC, Sapolsky RM, Altmann J. Behavioral, endocrine, and immunological correlates of immigration by an aggressive male into a natural primate group. Hormones and behavior. 1992 Jun;26(2):167–178.
Journal cover image

Published In

Hormones and behavior

DOI

EISSN

1095-6867

ISSN

0018-506X

Publication Date

June 1992

Volume

26

Issue

2

Start / End Page

167 / 178

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Environment
  • Social Behavior
  • Psychoneuroimmunology
  • Pregnancy
  • Papio
  • Male
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Immune Tolerance
  • Hydrocortisone
  • Female