Nestling testosterone controls begging behaviour in the pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 454-460

  Goodship, N M ^a   Buchanan, K L ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androgen; Begging; Corticosterone; Dosing; Hormone; Offspring solicitation; Signal evolution; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANDROGENS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUNGER; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PILOT PROJECTS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34848867518     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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