Relationships between hormones, physiological performance and immunocompetence in a color-polymorphic lizard species, Podarcis melisellensis

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 488-494

  Huyghe, Katleen ^a   Husak, Jerry F ^b   Herrel, A ^c   Tadić, Zoran ^d   Moore, Ignacio T ^b   Van Damme, Raoul ^a   Vanhooydonck, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Immunocompetence; Performance; Podarcis melisellensis; Polymorphism; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BITE; COLOR; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LIZARD; MALE; MASTICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PODACRIS MELISELLENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BITE FORCE; BODY SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; HORMONES; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIZARDS; MALE; PIGMENTATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 63449099559     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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