Electrocommunication behaviour and non invasively-measured androgen changes following induced seasonal breeding in the weakly electric fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-11

  Cuddy, Martin ^a   Aubin Horth, Nadia ^b   Krahe, Rüdiger ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

11 ketotestosterone; Androgen; Chirping; Gymnotiformes; Non invasive sampling; Signalling; Solid phase extraction; Weakly electric fish

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APTERONOTUS LEPTORHYNCHUS; ARTICLE; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC FISH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UPREGULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FEMALE; GYMNOTIFORMES; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84855954149     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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