Endocrine mechanisms, behavioral phenotypes and plasticity: Known relationships and open questions

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hau, Michaela ^a,b   Goymann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Corticosterone; Environmental gradient; Hormone; Quantitative relationship; Reaction norm; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977591499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-12-S1-S7     Document Type: Review

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