Time course of changes in Gambel's white-crowned sparrow song behavior following transitions in breeding condition

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 217-227

  Meitzen, John ^a   Thompson, Christopher K ^a   Choi, Heejung ^b   Perkel, David J ^a   Brenowitz, Eliot A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Gambel's white crowned sparrow; Photoperiod; Seasonal plasticity; Songbird; Testosterone; Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHONETICS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; SPARROW; STEREOTYPY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CUES; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPARROWS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 58149200968     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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