Regulatory mechanisms for the development of the migratory phenotype: Roles for photoperiod and the gonad

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 148-158

  Ramenofsky, Marilyn ^a   Németh, Zoltán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Dihydrotestosterone; Castration; Cloacal protuberance; Fat score; Flight muscle profile; Migratory restlessness; Prenuptial molt; Quiescent phase; Testosterone; Vernal migratory phenotype

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; FAT; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CASTRATED MALE; CASTRATION; CLOACAL PROTUBERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION; GONAD FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOLTING; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; VERNAL MIGRATION; WINTER; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROCEDURES; SPARROW; SURGERY; TESTIS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIOD; SPARROWS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84901953824     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.04.012     Document Type: Article

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