The results of the items on social stress are presented in Table 3. The Index of Social Stress (ISS) was generated through the use of five derived variables using the 2000 census data. Social defeat and subordination as models of social stress in laboratory rodents: A review.
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Despite the profound change from wilderness to developed land, bobcats have managed to remain Midwest residents. Several hundred years ago, bobcats lived throughout areas with sufficient habitat. In the Midwest, bobcats prefer heavy forests with thick underbrush, broken by rock outcroppings, bluffs, glades, clearings and timbered swamps.