Testosterone supplementation in subordinate, small male lizards: Consequences for aggressiveness, color development, and parasite load

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-139

  Salvador, A ^a   Veiga, J P ^a   Martin J ^a   Lopez P ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

breeding ornaments; parasites; Psammodromus algirus; social status; testosterone

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVENESS; HORMONE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIZARD; SPANISH PSAMMODROMUS; TESTOSTERONE; TICK; TRADE-OFF;

ACARI; PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS;

EID: 0030619949     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.2.135     Document Type: Article

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