Relationships between annual cycles of testosterone, corticosterone, and body condition in male red-spotted garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 307-312

  Moore, I T ^a   Lerner, J P ^a   Lerner, D T ^a   Mason, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; BODY COMPOSITION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEASON; SNAKE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CORTICOSTERONE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SNAKES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS CONCINNUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033840631     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316748     Document Type: Review

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