Territorial aggression and hormones during the non-breeding season in a tropical bird

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-49

  Hau, Michaela ^a   Stoddard, Steven T ^b   Soma, Kiran K ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; DHEA; Estradiol; Hylophylax n. naevioides; Sex steroid; Song; Spotted Antbird; Testosterone; Year round territoriality

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0347090593     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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