Testosterone and mate choice in the dark-eyed junco

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1135-1146

  Enstrom, David A ^a,b   Ketterson, Ellen D ^a   Nolan Jr , Val ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; DARK-EYED JUNCO; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR; TESTOSTERONE;

JUNCO HYEMALIS;

EID: 0030700617     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0555     Document Type: Article

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