Food supplementation and testosterone interact to influence reproductive behavior and immune function in Sceloporus graciosus

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-139

  Ruiz, Mayté ^a   French, Susannah S ^b   Demas, Gregory E ^a   Martins, Emília P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context dependent; Energy allocation; Innate immunity; Life history; Resources; Sceloporus; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EX VIVO STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCELOPORUS GRACIOSUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; DIET; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD; LIZARDS; MALE; PLASMA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 74749105742     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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