Plasma testosterone levels of incubating black-tailed gulls

Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-116

  Kazama, Kentaro ^a   Sakamoto, Kentaro Q ^b   Watanuki, Yutaka ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Black tailed gull; Incubation; Individual variation; Plasma; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AVES; LARUS CRASSIROSTRIS;

EID: 77955749935     PISSN: 13485032     EISSN: 18820999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3312/jyio.39.112     Document Type: Article

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