Dissociation of testosterone and aggressive behavior during the breeding season in male chestnut-collared longspurs, Calcarius ornatus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 181-189

  Lynn, Sharon E ^a   Wingfield, John C ^b  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenge hypothesis; Male male aggression; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CALCARIUS ORNATUS; MALE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 39649113077     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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