Behavioral and hormonal basis of polygynous breeding in male bush warblers (Cettia diphone)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 422-432

  Wada, Masaru ^a   Shimizu, Takashi ^b   Kobayashi, Sayaka ^b   Yatani, Atsushi ^b   Sandaiji, Yuko ^c   Ishikawa, Takayuki ^b   Takemure, Etsuko ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breeding strategy; Bush warbler; Corticosterone; Male behavior; Polygyny; Territoriality; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BREEDING; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033451299     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7381     Document Type: Article

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