Simultaneous pituitary-gonadal recrudescence in two Corsican populations of male blue tits with asynchronous breeding dates

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-360

  Caro, S P ^a   Lambrechts, M M ^b   Chastel, O ^b   Sharp, P J ^c   Thomas, D W ^d   Balthazart, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bird; Gonadotropin; LH; Parus caeruleus; Population; Reproduction; Season; Song control nuclei; Testes; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGING; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WINTER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL POPULATION GROUPS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SONGBIRDS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33747316975     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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