Testosterone and corticosterone during the breeding cycle of equatorial and European stonechats (Saxicola torquata axillaris and S. t. rubicola)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 779-785

  Goymann, Wolfgang ^a   Geue, Dirk ^a   Schwabl, Ingrid ^a   Flinks, Heiner ^b   Schmidl, Dieter ^a   Schwabl, Hubert ^c   Gwinner, Eberhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Washington State University ^*  (Germany)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Glucocorticoids; Molt; Seasonal breeding; Tropical birds

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE FERTILITY; KENYA; MALE; MOLTING; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAXICOLA TORQUATA AXILLARIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CORTICOSTERONE; GERMANY; KENYA; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; TESTOSTERONE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 33751084849     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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