Vasotocin maintains multiple call types in the gray treefrog, Hyla versicolor

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 166-175

  Tito, Michelle B ^a   Hoover, Maureen A ^a   Mingo, Alicea M ^a   Boyd, Sunny K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Frog; Neuropeptide; Reproductive behavior; Vasopressin; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0032861025     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1999.1540     Document Type: Article

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