Female aggressive response and hormonal correlates - An intrusion experiment in a free-living passerine

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1665-1677

  Pärn, Henrik ^a   Lindström, Karin M ^b,d   Sandell, Maria ^c   Amundsen, Trond ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Department of Ecology and Evolution ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Female aggression; Female ornamentation; Monogamy; Sexual conflict; Territorial intrusion; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BREEDING POPULATION; COURTSHIP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; MONOGAMY; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TERRITORIALITY;

AVES; LUSCINIA SVECICA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 48349100208     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0595-3     Document Type: Article

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