Paternity, parental behavior and circulating steroid hormone concentrations in nest-tending male bluegill

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-245

  Neff, Bryan D ^a   Knapp, Rosemary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Endocrine; Fish; Parental care; Stress; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANNIBALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FISH; FRY (FISH); HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAWNING; STRESS; TELEOST; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORMES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 67651004856     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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