Testosterone and year-round territorial aggression in a tropical bird

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-33

  Hau, Michaela ^a,b,c   Wikelski, Martin ^a,b,c   Soma, Kiran K ^b   Wingfield, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Androgen; Hormonal regulation; Song; Spotted antbird; Steroid; Territory

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIENE 3,17 DIONE; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; FLUTAMIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033980159     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7390     Document Type: Article

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