Plasma levels of androgens and cortisol in relation to breeding behavior in parental male bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 598-609

  Magee, Sarah E ^a   Neff, Bryan D ^a   Knapp, Rosemary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; Bluegill; Body condition; Cortisol; Parental care; Reproduction; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EGG; EXPERIMENTATION; FATHER; FEMALE; FISH; FOWL; HATCHING; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MALE; MAMMAL; MEASUREMENT; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING; SPECIES COMPARISON; TELEOST; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROCORTISONE; LARVA; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33646127345     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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