Variation in steroid hormone levels among Caribbean Anolis lizards: Endocrine system convergence?

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 408-415

  Husak, Jerry F ^a,b   Lovern, Matthew B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Comparative analysis; Corticosterone; Lizards; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOLIS; ANOLIS ANGUSTICEPS; ANOLIS BREVIROSTRIS; ANOLIS COELESTINUS; ANOLIS CYBOTES; ANOLIS DISTICHUS; ANOLIS EVERMANNI; ANOLIS GUNDLACHI; ANOLIS LINEATOPUS; ANOLIS PULCHELLUS; ANOLIS SMARAGDINUS; ANOLIS STRATULUS; ANOLIS VALENCIENNI; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CARIBBEAN; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARIBBEAN REGION; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84897409805     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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