Manipulating testosterone to assess links between behavior, morphology, and performance in the brown anole Anolis sagrei

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 686-698

  Cox, Robert M ^a   Stenquist, Derek S ^a   Henningsen, Justin P ^b   Calsbeek, Ryan ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ALLOMETRY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL; TESTOSTERONE; TRADE-OFF;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDURANCE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNITY; JAW; LIZARD; MALE; METABOLISM; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; IMMUNITY; JAW; LIZARDS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANOLIS SAGREI;

EID: 73449105425     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605391     Document Type: Article

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