Heightened aggression and winning contests increase corticosterone but decrease testosterone in male Australian water dragons

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 393-400

  Baird, Troy A ^a   Lovern, Matthew B ^b   Shine, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Corticosterone; Hormones; Lizard; Steroids; Territory defense; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; INTELLAGAMA LESUEURII; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE; LIZARDS; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84904268129     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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