Hormonal correlates of social status and courtship display in the cooperatively lekking lance-tailed manakin

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-50

  DuVal, Emily H ^a,b,c   Goymann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Chiroxiphia lanceolata; Cooperation; Courtship; Lek; Manakin; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; COURTSHIP; LANCE TAILED MANAKIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 78651437704     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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