High testosterone prior to song crystallization inhibits singing behavior in captive yearling dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-140

  Titus, Russell C ^a   Ketterson, Ellen D ^a   Nolan Jr , Val ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031400031     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1997.1414     Document Type: Article

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