Social context rather than behavioral output or winning modulates post-conflict testosterone responses in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 457-463

  Hirschenhauser, K ^a   Wittek, M ^a   Johnston, P ^a   Mostl E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Androgen responsiveness; Audience; Challenge hypothesis; Feces; GnRH; Mirror elicited aggression; Non invasive method; Testosterone metabolites; Winning

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX JAPONICA; FIGHTING; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SIMULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COTURNIX; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 54849130700     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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