To breed or not to breed: Physiological correlates of reproductive status in a facultatively biennial iguanid

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-146

  Vitousek, Maren N ^a,b   Mitchell, Mark A ^c   Romero, L Michael ^d   Awerman, Jessica ^d   Wikelski, Martin ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyrhynchus cristatus; Corticosterone; Follicular development; Marine iguana; Receptivity; Reproduction; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COPULATION; CORTICOSTERONE; DECISION MAKING; ECUADOR; FEMALE; IGUANAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74749103960     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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