Male song quality affects circulating but not yolk steroid concentrations in female canaries (Serinus canaria)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 4593-4598

  Marshall, Rupert C ^a,d   Leisler, Bernd ^b   Catchpole, Clive K ^a   Schwabl, Hubert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Faecal steroid; Female choice; HVC; Mate quality; Song; Yolk hormone

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANARY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG YOLK; EVOLUTION; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CANARIES; EGG YOLK; EVOLUTION; FECES; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

PASSERI; SERINUS CANARIA;

EID: 31044456371     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01949     Document Type: Article

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