Sex steroid profiles and pair-maintenance behavior of captive wild-caught zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 35-44

  Prior, Nora H ^a,g   Yap, Kang Nian ^a   Adomat, Hans H ^c   Mainwaring, Mark C ^d   Fokidis, H Bobby ^a,c,e   Guns, Emma S ^c   Buchanan, Katherine L ^f   Griffith, Simon C ^d   Soma, Kiran K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER PROSTATE CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

^f DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Opportunistic breeder; Pair bond; Songbird; Steroid profiling

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINCH; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; PAIR BONDING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; FINCHES; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; PAIR BOND; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84952987441     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-015-1050-3     Document Type: Article

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