Testosterone-mediated effects on fitness-related phenotypic traits and fitness

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 475-487

  Mills, Suzanne C ^a,b   Grapputo, Alessandro ^a,c   Jokinen, Ilmari ^a   Koskela, Esa ^a   Mappes, Tapio ^a   Oksanen, Tuula A ^a   Poikonen, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Dipartimento di Istologia Microbiologia e Biotecnologie Mediche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cost of reproduction; Dominance; Immune response; Sexual signals; Spacing behavior; Trade off

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FITNESS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MATE LOCATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SURVIVAL; TESTOSTERONE;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 63449086099     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597222     Document Type: Article

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