Free-living male Mountain White-crowned Sparrows exhibit territorial aggression without modulating total or free plasma testosterone

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 173-180

  Lynn, Sharon E ^a   Hahn, Thomas P ^b   Breuner, Creagh W ^c,d  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Corticosteroid binding globulin; Free hormone; Simulated territorial intrusion; Testosterone; Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha

Indexed keywords

AVES; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS ORIANTHA;

EID: 33847181691     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[173:FMMWSE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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