Parental Behavior and Hormones in Non-Mammalian Vertebrates

Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 664-671

  Buntin, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; Amphibians; Androgen; Birds; Brood defense; Brooding; Corticosterone; Egg guarding; Estrogen; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropins; Incubation behavior; Nest building; Parental provisioning; Parental regurgitation; Progesterone; Prolactin; Reptiles; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882087826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00250-3     Document Type: Chapter

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