Steroid correlates of territorial behavior in male jacky dragons, Amphibolurus muricatus

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 184-194

  Watt, Michael J ^a,b   Forster, Gina L ^a,b   Joss, Jean M P ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of South Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

Agamid; Aggressive; Amphibolurus muricatus; Corticosterone; HPA axis; HPG axis; Reptile; Social; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

AMPHIBOLURUS MURICATUS; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIZARD; MALE; MATING; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STEREOTYPY; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIZARDS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

AGAMIDAE; AMPHIBOLURUS MURICATUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0037809178     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070702     Document Type: Article

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