Validation of a Fecal Glucocorticoid Assay to Assess Adrenocortical Activity in Meerkats Using Physiological and Biological Stimuli

• Ines Braga Goncalves ,

  * E-mail: inesvilargoncalves@gmail.com

  ¶‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, Animal Behaviour, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0659-9029

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• Michael Heistermann ,

  ¶‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Endocrinology Laboratory, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany

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• Peter Santema,

  Current address: Department of Behavioural Ecology & Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Eberhard-Gwinner-Strasse 7, 82319, Seewiesen, Germany

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom

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• Ben Dantzer,

  Current address: Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109–1043, United States of America; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109–1043, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom

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• Jelena Mausbach,

  Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, Animal Behaviour, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland

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• Andre Ganswindt,

  Affiliation Endocrine Research Laboratory, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Pretoria, 0110, Onderstepoort, South Africa

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• Marta B. Manser

  Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, Animal Behaviour, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland

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