Elevated corticosterone levels elicit non-calling mating tactics in male toads independently of changes in circulating androgens

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 425-432

  Leary, Christopher J ^a   Garcia, Apryl M ^b   Knapp, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Westwood Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative mating tactics; Androgens; Arginine vasotocin; Bufo; Energetics; Glucocorticoids; Satellite behavior

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MALE; MATING; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOAD; VOCALIZATION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; CORTICOSTERONE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33644854635     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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