Sexually mature and immature yearling male European ground squirrels: A comparison of behavioral and physiological parameters

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 646-652

  Strauss, Anna ^a   Mascher, Elvira ^a   Palme, Rupert ^b   Millesi, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

European ground squirrel; Fecal cortisol metabolites; Growth rates; Interaction rates; Leucocyte counts; Puberty; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SQUIRREL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; FECES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; SCIURIDAE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 36048972324     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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