Natural selection on testosterone production in a wild songbird population

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 687-701

  McGlothlin, Joel W ^a   Whittaker, Danielle J ^b   Schrock, Sara E ^b   Gerlach, Nicole M ^b   Jawor, Jodie M ^c   Snajdr, Eric A ^b   Ketterson, Ellen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

Gnrh challenge; Life history trade offs; Natural selection; Sexual selection; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

FIELDWORK; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING SUCCESS; NATURAL SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; TESTOSTERONE; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SONGBIRDS; TESTOSTERONE;

JUNCO HYEMALIS; PASSERI;

EID: 77952016731     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652469     Document Type: Article

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