Are Androgens Related to Aggression in House Wrens?

Ethology

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 975-983

  Cramer, Emily R A ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 84865992366     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2012.02091.x     Document Type: Article

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