Maternal androgens in eggs of communally breeding guira cuckoos (Guira guira)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 654-662

  Cariello, Mariana O ^a   Macedo, Regina H F ^a   Schwabl, Hubert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androstenedione; Communal breeding; Dihydrotestosterone; Guira cuckoo; Guira guira; Hormone deposition; Testosterone; Yolk androgens

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; TESTOSTERONE; YOLK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG YOLK; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GUIRA GUIRA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SURVIVAL;

ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ECOLOGY; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33646163941     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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