Seasonal and social modulation of testosterone in Costa Rican rufous-collared sparrows (Zonotrichia capensis costaricensis)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 581-589

  Addis, Elizabeth A ^a   Busch, D Shallin ^a,b   Clark, Aaron D ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Reproduction; Reproductive synchrony; Social modulation; Testosterone; Tropics; Zonotrichia capensis

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPARROW; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77951974729     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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