Behavioural correlates of testosterone and seasonal changes of steroids in red-winged blackbirds

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 957-965

  Johnsen, Torgeir S ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; IMMUNOASSAY; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOURAL CORRELATE; CORTICOSTERONE; HORMONAL CONTROL; RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD; SEASONALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

INDIANA; USA;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS;

EID: 0032055297     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0642     Document Type: Article

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