Post-fight levels of plasma lactate and corticosterone in male copperheads, Agkistrodon contortrix (Serpentes, Viperidae): Differences between winners and losers

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 335-341

  Schuett, Gordon W ^a   Grober, Matthew S ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Anaerobiosis; Energetics; Glucocorticoids; Metabolism; Pitviper; Reptilia

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; LACTIC ACID;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENERGY COST; FEMALE; FIGHTING; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATING; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE;

AGGRESSION; AGKISTRODON; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; LACTIC ACID; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034319085     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00348-6     Document Type: Article

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