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The International Journal on the Biology of Stress
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Research article

Rates of self-directed behaviour and faecal glucocorticoid levels are not correlated in female wild olive baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis)

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Pages 526-532 | Received 26 Aug 2008, Accepted 18 Jan 2009, Published online: 27 Jan 2010

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