Seasonal gonadal recrudescence in song sparrows: Response to temperature cues

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-128

  Perfito, Nicole ^a,e   Meddle, Simone L ^b   Tramontin, Anthony D ^c   Sharp, Peter J ^d   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadal recrudescence; Melospiza melodia; Prolactin; Seasonal breeding; Temperature; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH CURVE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS SIZE; WINTER;

EID: 23044435894     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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