The effects of arginine vasotocin on the calling behavior of male cricket frogs in changing social contexts

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 248-261

  Chu, Joanne ^a,c   Marler, Catherine A ^b   Wilczynski, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0032435497     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1998.1479     Document Type: Article

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