Turning a deaf ear: A test of the manipulating androgens hypothesis in house wrens

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-120

  Barnett, Craig A ^a   Clairardin, Sandrine G ^a   Thompson, Charles F ^a   Sakaluk, Scott K ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Begging; Development; Manipulating androgens hypothesis; Parental care; Sexual conflict; Testosterone; Troglodytes aedon

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BREEDING SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FOOD PROVISIONING; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SONGBIRD; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; SPONDIAS PURPUREA; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 78650214951     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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