Changes in hormone levels in relation to breeding behavior in male bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) at the individual and population levels

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1985, Pages 270-279

  Mendonca M T ^a   Licht, P ^a   Ryan, M J ^a   Barnes, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Museum of Vertebrate Zoology University of California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOSTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANDROGENS; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RANA CATESBEIANA; SEASONS; SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STANOLONE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0021985831     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(85)90343-0     Document Type: Article

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