Social regulation of plasma estradiol concentration in a female anuran

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-106

  Lynch, Kathleen S ^a   Wilczynski, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran; Estradiol; Female reproductive behavior; Social regulation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FROG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANURA; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33646918285     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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