Social modulation of sex steroid concentrations in the urine of male cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 2-12

  Oliveira, Rui F ^a   Almada, Vitor C ^a   Canario, Adelino V M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; PREGNENEDIOLONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029975403     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0002     Document Type: Article

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