Sexual partner preference in female zebra finches: The role of early hormones and social environment

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 506-513

  Mansukhani, Viveka ^a   Adkins Regan, Elizabeth ^a,b   Yang, Sharlene ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b 218 Uris Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030435791     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0054     Document Type: Article

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