Are hotshots always hot? A longitudinal study of hormones, behavior, and reproductive success in male marine iguanas

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-232

  Vitousek, Maren N ^a   Rubenstein, Dustin R ^b   Nelson, Karin N ^c   Wikelski, Martin ^a,d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consistency; Physiology of behavior; Repeatability; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AMBLYRHYNCHUS CRISTATUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; COPULATION; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; LIZARD; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REVIEW; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 46049098536     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.04.015     Document Type: Review

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