Hormonal control of brood care and social status in a cichlid fish with brood care helpers

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-358

  Bender, Nicole ^a   Heg Bachar, Zina ^a   Oliveira, Rui F ^b   Canario, Adelino V M ^c   Taborsky, Michael ^a  

^a Div of Evolutionary Ecology   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Advanced sociality; Alloparental care; Alternative mating tactics; Cooperative breeding; Hormonal regulation; Neolamprologus pulcher

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STEROID EXCRETION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 43549100875     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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