Androgen level and male social status in the African cichlid, Astatotilapia burtoni

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 291-295

  Parikh, Victoria N ^a   Clement, Tricia S ^a   Fernald, Russell D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; Androgen level; Astatotilapia burtoni; Challenge hypothesis; Cichlid fish; Social status; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CICHLIDS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 28944432172     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2005.07.011     Document Type: Article

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