The hormonal control of begging and early aggressive behavior: Experiments in black-headed gull chicks

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 207-215

  Groothuis, Ton G G ^a   Ros, Albert F H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aggression; Androgens; Begging; Development; Estrogen; Sibling competition; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY POSTURE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HATCHING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; IMPLANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TERRITORIALITY; THREAT;

AGGRESSION; AGING; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTROGENS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH; HORMONES; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 22544449272     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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