Social support correlates with glucocorticoid concentrations in wild African elephant orphans

Affiliations

J. M. Parker: Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University
J. L. Brown: Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
N. T. Hobbs: Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University
N. P. Boisseau: Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
D. Letitiya: Save the Elephants, Marula Manor, Marula Lane, Karen
I. Douglas-Hamilton: Save the Elephants, Marula Manor, Marula Lane, Karen
G. Wittemyer: Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University

Abstract

Remaining with the family group may reduce long-term stress effects in orphaned African elephants.