The role of androgens in the trade-off between territorial and parental behavior in the Azorean rock-pool blenny, Parablennius parvicornis

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 491-497

  Ros, A F H ^a   Bruintjes, R ^a   Santos, R S ^b   Canario, A V M ^c   Oliveira, R F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

11 ketotestosterone; Aggression; Azorean rock pool blenny; Parablennius parvicornis; Parental care; Responsiveness; Silastic implants; Territorial behavior; Territory size; Trade off

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; HORMONE ACTION; IMPLANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; TERRITORIALITY;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORMES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 4744350847     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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