Hormone levels in territorial and non-territorial male collared lizards

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 755-763

  Baird, Troy A ^a   Hews, Diana K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Lizard; Steroid hormones; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 35548977941     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.05.069     Document Type: Article

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