Oestrogen regulates male aggression in the non-breeding season

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1448, 2000, Pages 1089-1096

  Soma, Kiran K ^b   Tramontin, Anthony D ^a,b   Wingfield, John C ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

(O)estradiol; (O)estrogen; Androgen; Sex steroid; Songbirds

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; MALE BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSERIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034616802     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1113     Document Type: Article

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