The effects of combined aromatase inhibitor and anti-androgen on male territorial aggression in a tropical population of rufous-collared sparrows, Zonotrichia capensis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 223-229

  Moore, Ignacio T ^a,b   Walker, Brian G ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANTIANDROGEN; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; FLUTAMIDE;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BREEDING; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ECUADOR; FLIGHT; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; IMPLANT; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TIME;

EID: 0346362270     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2003.09.012     Document Type: Article

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