Paternal aggression towards a brood predator during parental care in wild smallmouth bass is not correlated with circulating testosterone and cortisol concentrations

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-499

  Hanson, Kyle C ^a   O'Connor, Constance M ^a   Van Der Kraak, Glen ^b   Cooke, Steven J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behavior; Glucocorticoid; Parental care; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CHLORIDE ION; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; TESTOSTERONE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EGG; FISH; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERRITORIALITY; WILD ANIMAL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BASS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 63449124519     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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