Effect of androgens on structure and rate of crowing in the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

Behaviour

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 417-435

  Beani, Laura ^a   Briganti, Federica ^c   Campanella, Giuseppe ^a   Lupo, Concetta ^c   Dessì Fulgheri, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Androgens; Call rate; Courtship; Crowing; Male Japanese quail; Spectrographic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034409692     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853900502150     Document Type: Article

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