Female androgen patterns and within-pair testosterone compatibility in domestic geese (Anser domesticus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-203

  Hirschenhauser, K ^a   Weiss B M ^a   Haberl, W ^b   Mostl E ^c   Kotrschal, K ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b Veterinary University of Vienna ^*  (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Androgens in females; Domestication; Excreted metabolites; Geese; Mate choice; Non invasive; Pair bond; Reproductive physiology; Seasonal patterns; Social environment

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOMESTICATION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GANDER; GONAD FUNCTION; GOOSE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MATE CHOICE; METABOLITE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYGYNY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 71849083586     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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