Defense of Females, but Not Social Status, Predicts Plasma Androgen Levels in Male Spotted Hyenas

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 586-593

  Goymann, Wolfgang ^a   East, Marion L ^a,b   Hofer, Heribert ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; MATE GUARDING; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARNIVORA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TANZANIA;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; CROCUTA CROCUTA;

EID: 0038171555     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375659     Document Type: Article

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