Color change as a potential behavioral strategy

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 463-470

  Korzan, Wayne J ^a   Robison, Rex R ^a   Zhao, Sheng ^a   Fernald, Russell D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

11 ketotestosterone; Aggression; Cichlids; Color polymorphic; Cortisol Testosterone; Social status

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CICHLID; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HABITUAL ADAPTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAWNING;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CICHLIDS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 47549113431     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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