Tropical field endocrinology: Ecology and evolution of testosterone concentrations in male birds

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-248

  Hau, Michaela ^a   Gill, Sharon A ^b   Goymann, Wolfgang ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Breeding season; Evolutionary endocrinology; Hormone; Life history; Mating system; Parental care; Social system; Territoriality; Tropical birds

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL SOCIETY; BIRD; BREEDING; ECOLOGY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; LATITUDE; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPARISON; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TROPICAL FIELD ENDOCRINOLOGY; TROPICS;

EID: 46049093758     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.05.008     Document Type: Review

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