DHEA levels and social dominance relationships in wintering brent geese (Branta bernicla bernicla)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-103

  Poisbleau, Maud ^a   Lacroix, André ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Branta bernicla bernicla; Brent geese; Dehydroepiandrosterone DHEA; Social dominance; Testosterone; Wintering

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; DOMINANCE; HORMONE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WATERFOWL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRANTA BERNICLA BERNICLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOOSE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WINTER;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; GEESE; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

ANSER; AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA BERNICLA;

EID: 57549097666     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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