Glucocorticoids, androgens, testis mass, and the energetics of vocalization in breeding male frogs

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-69

  Emerson, Sharon B ^a   Hess, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Androgens; Corticosterone; Energetics; Testis mass; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FROG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TESTIS SIZE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0035098795     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2000.1635     Document Type: Article

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