Correlation between male social status, testosterone levels, and parasitism in a dimorphic polygynous mammal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Negro, Sandra S ^a,b   Caudron, Abigail K ^a,b   Dubois, Michel ^c   Delahaut, Philippe ^c   Gemmell, Neil J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c Centre d'Economie Rurale   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATING; NEMATODE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; SEAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREMATODE; ANIMAL; ASCARIDIDA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; URINE;

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); ARCTOCEPHALUS FORSTERI; MAMMALIA; VERMES;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA; FECES; FEMALE; FUR SEALS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE; TREMATODA;

EID: 77958616884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012507     Document Type: Article

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