Organization of territorial marking behavior by testosterone during puberty in male tree shrews

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 785-791

  Eichmann, Florian ^a   Holst, Dietrich V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Male marking behavior; Puberty; Testosterone; Tree shrews; Tupaia belangeri

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032456405     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00230-3     Document Type: Article

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