Corticosterone during the annual reproductive cycle and in sexual behavior in the crested newt, Triturus carnifex

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 29-37

  Zerani, Massimo ^a   Gobbetti, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

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EID: 0027408195     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1993.1003     Document Type: Article

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