Exogenous testosterone in female spotless starlings reduces their rate of extrapair offspring

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 345-353

  García Vigón, Elena ^a,b   Cordero, Pedro J ^b   Veiga, José P ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

extrapair paternity; female testosterone; reproductive strategy; spotless starling; Sturnus unicolor

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 46849115563     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.01.019     Document Type: Article

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