Patterns of testosterone and prolactin concentrations and reproductive behavior of helpers and breeders in the cooperatively breeding red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-13

  Khan, Memuna Z ^a   McNabb, F M A ^a   Walters, Jeffrey R ^a   Sharp, P J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delayed breeding; Helping behavior; Picoides borealis; Prolactin; Red cockaded woodpecker; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; COPULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; INCUBATION TIME; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0034905188     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2001.1658     Document Type: Article

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