Current research in amphibians: Studies integrating endocrinology, behavior, and neurobiology

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 440-450

  Wilczynski, Walter ^a   Lynch, Kathleen S ^a   O'Bryant, Erin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; AVT; Communication; Corticosteroids; Frogs; Newts; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ARGIPRESTOCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTROGEN; PEPTIDE HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; STEROID;

AMPHIBIA; BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FROG; HORMONE DETERMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 26844480394     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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