Year-round territorial aggression is independent of plasma DHEA in the European nuthatch Sitta europaea

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 166-172

  Landys, Meta M ^a,b   Goymann, Wolfgang ^c   Soma, Kiran K ^d   Slagsvold, Tore ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Implant; Non breeding; Nuthatch; Seasonal DHEA profile; Territorial aggression; Testosterone; Wintering

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITTA EUROPAEA; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84871931122     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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