Testosterone increases repertoire size in an open-ended learner: An experimental study using adult male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 563-568

  Van Hout, Alain J M ^a   Pinxten, Rianne ^a   Darras, Veerle M ^b   Eens, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adult song learning; European starling; Repertoire turnover; Repetition rate; Sexual signal; Song bout length; Sturnus vulgaris; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN STARLING; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERTOIRE SIZE; SONGBIRD; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DRUG IMPLANTS; LEARNING; MALE; SINGING; STARLINGS; TESTOSTERONE; UP-REGULATION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84868201609     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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