Does maternal social hierarchy affect yolk testosterone deposition in domesticated canaries?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 929-934

  Tanvez, Aurelie ^a   Parisot, Maelle ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^b   Leboucher, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

dominance; maternal effects; Serinus canaria; yolk testosterone

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DOMINANCE; EGG; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATERNAL EFFECT; PASSERINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TESTOSTERONE;

SERINUS CANARIA;

EID: 39449111896     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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