Steroid hormones and aggression in female Galápagos marine iguanas

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 329-341

  Rubenstein, Dustin R ^a   Wikelski, Martin ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenge hypothesis; Corticosterone; Estradiol; Female aggression; Lizard; Marine iguana; Progesterone; Reptile; Steroid hormones; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIZARD; MATING; NESTING; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IGUANAS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 23844460618     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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