Proximate and ultimate factors explaining floating behavior in long-lived birds

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-176

  Blas, Julio ^a   Hiraldo, Fernando ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constraint; Deferred reproduction; Estradiol; Floater; Milvus migrans; Progesterone; Reproduction; Restraint; Sexual function; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FLYING; GONAD FUNCTION; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MILVUS MIGRANS; MOUSE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ENVIRONMENT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74749085675     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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