Why do winners keep winning? Androgen mediation of winner but not loser effects in cichlid fish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1665, 2009, Pages 2249-2256

  Oliveira, Rui F ^a,b   Silva, Ana ^a   Canário, Adelino V M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aggression; Androgens; Social experience; Testosterone; Winner effect

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE;

ANDROGEN; CICHLID; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; FIGHTING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PROBABILITY; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIGHTING; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS;

EID: 66749146787     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0132     Document Type: Article

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