Testosterone and linear social dominance status in captive male dabbling ducks in winter

Ethology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 493-509

  Poisbleau, Maud ^a   Fritz, Hervé ^a   Guillemain, Matthieu ^b   Lacroix, André ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; MALE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; TESTOSTERONE; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANAS ACUTA; ANAS PENELOPE; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; PENELOPE; PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 18744373383     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2005.01092.x     Document Type: Article

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