Repeatable intra-individual variation in plasma testosterone concentration and its sex-specific link to aggression in a social lizard

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 208-213

  While, Geoffrey M ^a   Isaksson, Caroline ^b,c   McEvoy, Jo ^a   Sinn, David L ^a   Komdeur, Jan ^c   Wapstra, Erik ^a   Groothuis, Ton G G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal personalities; Egernia whitii; Hormonal repeatability; Reptile; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; AGING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

AGGRESSION; AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953356717     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.03.016     Document Type: Article

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