Hormonal state influences aspects of female mate choice in the Túngara Frog (Physalaemus pustulosus)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 450-457

  Lynch, Kathleen S ^a,b   Crews, David ^a   Ryan, Michael J ^a   Wilczynski, Walter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran; Male choice; Receptivity; Reproductive hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTROGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FROG; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PAIR BOND; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 33644861247     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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