Simultaneous treatment with an aromatase inhibitor and an anti-androgen decreases the likelihood of dawn song in free-living male great tits, Parus major

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-251

  Van Duyse, Els ^a   Pinxten, Rianne ^a   Snoeijs, Tinne ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Androgen inhibitors; ATD; Dawn chorus; Flutamide; Parus major; Song; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIENE 3,17 DIONE; ANTIANDROGEN; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; FLUTAMIDE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARUS MAJOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROSTATRIENES; ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BIRDS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 22544472431     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.02.013     Document Type: Article

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