Testosterone and prolactin in two songbirds that differ in paternal care: The blue-headed vireo and the red-eyed vireo

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 435-441

  Van Roo, Brandi L ^a   Ketterson, Ellen D ^b   Sharp, Peter J ^c  

^a FRAMINGHAM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parental care; Prolactin; Testosterone; Vireo olivaceus; Vireo solitarius; Vireos

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; GENDER; HORMONE ACTION; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VIREO OLIVACEUS; VIREO SOLITARIUS;

EID: 0344393078     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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