Females competing to reproduce: Dominance matters but testosterone may not

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 362-368

  Jawor, Jodie M ^a   Young, Rebecca ^a   Ketterson, Ellen D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenge hypothesis; Dark eyed junco; Dominance status; Female female aggression; Intrasexual aggression; Junco hyemalis; Mating system; Resident advantage; Social monogamy; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREED; CIRCULATION; COMPETITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PAIR BOND; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SONGBIRDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 32544431686     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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