Maternal testosterone in tree swallow eggs varies with female aggression

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-67

  Whittingham, Linda A ^a   Schwabl, Hubert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; EGG DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL EFFECT; PASSERINE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 0036059178     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1889     Document Type: Article

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