Seasonal patterns of plasma steroid hormones in males and females of the bearded dragon lizard, Pogona barbata

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 335-342

  Amey, Andrew P ^a   Whittier, Joan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agamidae; Pogona barbata; Reproductive endocrinology

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

POGONA BARBATA;

EID: 0034008975     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2000.7426     Document Type: Article

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