Acoustic characteristics, early experience, and endocrine status interact to modulate female zebra finches' behavioral responses to songs

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-59

  Vyas, Akshat ^a,b   Harding, Cheryl ^a,b   Borg, Lara ^b   Bogdan, Diane ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen and mate choice; Estrogen and song preferences; Mate choice; Song preferences

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIENE 3,17 DIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FINCH; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FINCHES; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 58149133898     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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