Hormonal dynamics during mate choice in the northern pintail: A test of the 'challenge' hypothesis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1117-1133

  Sorenson, Lisa Guminski ^a,d   Nolan, Paul M ^b   Brown, Andrea M ^c   Derrickson, Scott R ^a   Monfort, Steven L ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DOMINANCE; HORMONE; MATE CHOICE; NORTHERN PINTAIL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANAS ACUTA;

ANAS ACUTA;

EID: 0030669028     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0554     Document Type: Article

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