Food availability affects behavior but not circulating gonadal hormones in maternal Belding's ground squirrels

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 447-455

  Nunes, Scott ^a   Muecke, Eva Maria ^b   Ross, Heather E ^b   Bartholomew, Pamela A ^b   Holekamp, Kay E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy availability; Ground squirrels; Maternal behavior; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SQUIRREL;

EID: 0034478460     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00366-8     Document Type: Article

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