Effects of testosterone on male-male competition and male-female interactions in blue tits

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-223

  Foerster, Katharina ^a   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Mate choice; Parus caeruleus; Sexual selection; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS;

EID: 12844272448     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0858-6     Document Type: Article

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