Wolfgang Goymann
Max Planck Society
164 Papers
904 Citations
Wolfgang Goymann is an academic researcher from Max Planck Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Testosterone (patch). The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 150 publications. Previous affiliations of Wolfgang Goymann include University of Washington.
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Papers
Allostatic load, social status and stress hormones: the costs of social status matter
TL;DR: This work reports the first model that consistently explains rank differences in glucocorticoid concentrations of different species and sexes, and suggests that the relative allostatic load of social status predicts whether dominants or subordinates express higher or lower concentrations of glucOCorticoids.
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The ecology of stress: effects of the social environment
TL;DR: The relationship between dominance and glucocorticoid levels varies among species, populations and years, in a manner that depends on the stability of the social hierarchy, environmental conditions, the type of breeding system and the manner in which high rank is obtained and maintained.
On the use of non-invasive hormone research in uncontrolled, natural environments: The problem with sex, diet, metabolic rate and the individual
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a method to measure metabolites of steroid hormones from faeces, which can be used in wildlife conservation and ecology, without the necessity to capture the animals.
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Noninvasive monitoring of hormones in bird droppings: physiological validation, sampling, extraction, sex differences, and the influence of diet on hormone metabolite levels.
TL;DR: Results suggesting that experimental manipulations of the diet may affect hormone metabolite levels in European stonechats are presented, the first data to report such an impact in birds.
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Noninvasive Fecal Monitoring of Glucocorticoids in Spotted Hyenas,Crocuta crocuta ☆
Wolfgang Goymann,Erich Möstl,Thomas J. Van't Hof,Marion L. East,Marion L. East,Heribert Hofer,Heribert Hofer +6 more
TL;DR: Fecal steroid assessment is of use in monitoring adrenal activity in spotted hyenas because of the physiological relevance of fecal glucocorticoid metabolites and the high-performance liquid chromatography fractions analyzed by EIA showed various immunoreactive substances with polarities of unconjugated steroids.
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