Alternative reproductive tactics in male Cape ground squirrels Xerus inauris

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 359-367

  Scantlebury, M ^a,c   Waterman, J M ^b   Bennett, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive tactic; Cape ground squirrel; Cortisol; Luteinising hormone; Reproductive suppression; Resting metabolic rate; Testosterone; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SQUIRREL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; XERUS INAURIS;

EID: 43549115219     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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