Seasonal covariation in progesterone and odorant emissions among breeding crested auklets (Aethia cristatella)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 325-329

  Douglas III, Hector D ^a   Kitaysky, Alexander S ^a   Kitaiskaia, Evgenia V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Chemical signaling; Courtship; Octanal; Progesterone; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

AETHIA CRISTATELLA; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CHICK; CITRUS FRUIT; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REARING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; ODORS; PROGESTERONE; SEASONS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 45449116303     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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