Simulating winning in the wild - The behavioral and hormonal response of black redstarts to single and repeated territorial challenges of high and low intensity

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 565-571

  Apfelbeck, Beate ^a   Stegherr, Johanna ^a   Goymann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Challenge hypothesis; Corticosterone; Simulated territorial intrusions; Territorial behavior; Testosterone; Winner loser effect

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOENICURUS OCHRUROS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 80555149438     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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