Social context decouples the relationship between a sexual ornament and testosterone levels in a male wild bird

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 407-412

  Vergara, Pablo ^a   Martínez Padilla, Jesús ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dominance; Lagopus lagopus scoticus; Sexual selection; Social context

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ENDOCRINOLOGY; IMPLANTATION; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; COMB AND WATTLES; COURTSHIP; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84867628174     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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