Hormonal correlates of breeding behavior and pouch color in the Magnificent Frigatebird, Fregata magnificens

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-22

  Osorno, José Luis ^a   Núñez de la Mora, Alejandra ^a   D'Alba, Liliana ^a   Wingfield, John C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding behavior; Corticosterone; Magnificent Frigatebird; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; COURTSHIP; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN COLOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM;

EID: 77956618732     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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