Short-term exposure to testosterone propionate leads to rapid bill color and dominance changes in zebra finches

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 526-532

  Ardia, Daniel R ^a   Broughton, Deanna R ^a   Gleicher, Michael J ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Bill color; Dominance; Signaling; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEAK; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; PIGMENTATION; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

EID: 77955282032     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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