Intra-sexual competition alters the relationship between testosterone and ornament expression in a wild territorial bird

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 435-444

  Martinez Padilla J ^a   Perez Rodriguez L ^b,c   Mougeot, F ^b,d   Ludwig, S ^e   Redpath, S M ^f  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^e GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condition dependence; Hormones; Males; Red grouse; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE; CAROTENOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BODY COMPOSITION; COMB; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GALLIFORMES; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPRING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COLOR; DRUG EFFECTS; FEATHER; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; COLOR; COMB AND WATTLES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEATHERS; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; MALE; NEMATODA; PARASITES; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84899635694     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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