Relating endocrinology, physiology and behaviour using species with alternative mating strategies

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 653-665

  Miles, D B ^a   Sinervo, B ^b   Hazard, L C ^b,c   Svensson, E I ^d   Costa, D ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alternative mating strategies; Correlational selection; Immunocompetence; Performance; Sexual selection; Testoterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; EPISTASIS; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE ATTRACTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION; TESTOSTERONE;

UTA STANSBURIANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447301483     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01304.x     Document Type: Review

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