Plasma corticosterone and testosterone levels during the annual reproductive cycle of male brown anoles (Anolis sagrei)

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-146

  Tokarz, Richard R ^a   McMann, Stephen ^a   Seitz, Linda ^b   John Alder, Henry ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOLIS SAGREI;

EID: 0032032518     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515907     Document Type: Article

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