| Literature DB >> 17327200 |
Kathryn Shutt1, Ann MacLarnon, Michael Heistermann, Stuart Semple.
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It is well established that grooming underpins sociality in group-living primates, and a number of studies have documented the stress-reducing effects of being groomed. In this study, we quantified grooming behaviour and physiological stress (assessed by faecal glucocorticoid analysis) in free-ranging Barbary macaques, Macaca sylvanus. Our results indicate that it is the giving rather than the receiving of grooming that is associated with lower stress levels. These findings shed important new light on the benefits of this key behaviour in primate social life.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17327200 PMCID: PMC2464693 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0052
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biol Lett ISSN: 1744-9561 Impact factor: 3.703