Effect of testosterone on the behaviour of Yellow-legged gulls (Larus cachinnans) in a high-density colony during the courtship period

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 341-349

  Alonso Alvarez, Carlos ^a   Velando, A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggression; Birds; Copulation; Density of nests; Sexual behaviour; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COPULATION; DENSITY; SEABIRD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; LARUS CACHINNANS; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035697948     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2001.9522765     Document Type: Article

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