Testosterone, testes size, and mating success in birds: A comparative study

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-409

  Garamszegi, L Z ^a   Eens, M ^a   Hurtrez Bousses S ^a,b   Moller A P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Equipe Evol des Syst Symbiotiques   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Extra pair paternity; Latitudinal distribution; Polygyny; Sexual selection; Sperm competition; Sperm production; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; EXTRA PAIR PATERNITY; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHESIS; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; LATITUDE; MALE; MATING; MATING SUCCESS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; POLYGYNY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 15244354766     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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