Male 11-ketotestosterone levels change as a result of being watched in Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 184-189

  Dzieweczynski, Teresa L ^a   Eklund, Amy C ^b   Rowland, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; Aggression; Siamese fighting fish; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BETTA SPLENDENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 33646476117     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.12.023     Document Type: Article

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