Social and life-history correlates of hormonal partner compatibility in greylag geese (Anser anser)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 138-143

  Weiß, Brigitte M ^a   Kotrschal, Kurt ^a,b   Möstl, Erich ^c   Hirschenhauser, Katharina ^a  

^a Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anser anser; Greylag geese; Partner compatibility; Social challenge; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MONOGAMY; PAIR BOND; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; WATERFOWL;

ANSER; ANSER ANSER; AVES;

EID: 72649086392     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp164     Document Type: Article

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