Testosterone elevation and response to gonadotropin-releasing hormone challenge by male Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) following aggressive behavior

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-105

  DeVries, M Susan ^a   Winters, Caitlin P ^a   Jawor, Jodie M ^a  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Challenge hypothesis; Inter male; Resident; Simulated territorial intrusion; Social monogamy; Songbird; Temperate

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84862265025     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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