Courtship and copulation in the adult male green anole: Effects of season, hormone and female contact on reproductive behavior and morphology

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-185

  Neal, Jennifer K ^a   Wade, Juli ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship; Forebrain; Lizard; Neuromuscular; Reptile; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GREEN ANOLE; HORMONE RELEASE; LIZARD; MALE; MOTONEURON; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; VISION;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREOPTIC AREA; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33846430497     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.11.035     Document Type: Article

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