Seasonal specificity of hormonal, behavioral, and coloration responses to within- and between-sex encounters in male lizards (Sceloporus undulatus)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-52

  Smith, Linda C ^a   John Alder, Henry B ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032863629     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1999.1523     Document Type: Article

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