Corticosterone treatment has no effect on reproductive hormones or aggressive behavior in free-living male tree sparrows, Spizella arborea

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-39

  Astheimer, Lee B ^a   Buttemer, William A ^a   Wingfield, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CORTICOSTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STRESS;

EID: 0034015753     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1999.1555     Document Type: Article

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