Elevated testosterone levels and social ranks in female rock hyrax

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 470-477

  Koren, Lee ^a   Mokady, Ofer ^a   Geffen, Eli ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agonistic interactions; Female dominance; Hair testing; Rock hyrax; Social hierarchy; Testosterone levels

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYRAX; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HYRAXES; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33644852954     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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