Castration affects reproductive but not aggressive behavior in a cichlid fish

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 207, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-40

  Almeida, Olinda ^a   Canário, Adelino V M ^b   Oliveira, Rui F ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aggression; Androgens; Castration; Courtship; Gonadal hormones; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; CASTRATION; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; MALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; NUPTIAL COLORATION; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERRITORIALITY; TILAPIA;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CASTRATION; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERRITORIALITY; TILAPIA;

EID: 84908313915     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.03.018     Document Type: Article

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