Stress hormone is implicated in satellite-caller associations and sexual selection in the Great Plains toad

American Naturalist

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-440

  Leary, Christopher J ^a,c   Garcia, Apryl M ^b   Knapp, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b University Pet Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative mating tactics; Androgens; Corticosterone; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; TOAD; VOCALIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND DETECTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TOAD; UNITED STATES; VOCALIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; OKLAHOMA; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

ANURA; BUFO COGNATUS;

EID: 33750037626     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506975     Document Type: Article

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