Sex-specific patterns in body condition and testosterone level changes in a territorial migratory bird: The Bluethroat Luscinia svecica

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 632-641

  Geslin, Thomas ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^b   Eybert, Marie Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PASSERINE; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; LUSCINIA; LUSCINIA SVECICA; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 5344228735     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2004.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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