Effects of fadrozole on sexual displays and reproductive activity in the female canary

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 233-240

  Leboucher, Gérard ^a   Béguin, Nathalie ^a   Mauget, Robert ^b   Kreutzer, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Copulation solicitation displays; Fadrozole estradiol; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

FADROZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANARY; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

SERINUS CANARIUS;

EID: 0344474666     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00079-1     Document Type: Article

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