Supplementary testosterone inhibits paternal care in a tropically breeding sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 699-708

  Lynn, Sharon E ^a   Prince, Leslie E ^a   Schook, Derek M ^a   Moore, Ignacio T ^b  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; BREEDING SEASON; CLUTCH SIZE; FLEDGING; INHIBITION; PASSERINE; PATERNAL CARE; SECRETION; SELECTION; SURVIVAL; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECUADOR; MALE; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPARROW; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ECUADOR; MALE; OBSERVATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPARROWS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS;

EID: 73449092187     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605915     Document Type: Article

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