Seasonal differences in the hormonal control of territorial aggression in free-living European stonechats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Canoine, Virginie ^a   Gwinner, Eberhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Breeding season; Estrogen; European stonechat; Nonbreeding season; Territorial aggression; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIENE 3,17 DIONE; ESTROGEN; FLUTAMIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAXICOLA TORQUATA RUBICOLA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STONECHAT; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 0036155297     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2001.1720     Document Type: Article

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