Reproductive endocrinology of wild, long-lived raptors

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-28

  Blas, Julio ^a   López, Lidia ^a   Tanferna, Alessandro ^a,b   Sergio, Fabrizio ^a   Hiraldo, Fernando ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accipitridae; Black kite; Estradiol; Milvus migrans; Parental care; Progesterone; Reproduction; Sex steroids; Sexual function; Sexual selection; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEDGLING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MILVUS MIGRANS; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; WILD ANIMAL;

EID: 77953711690     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.03.020     Document Type: Article

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