Nonbreeding season pairing behavior and the annual cycle of testosterone in male and female downy woodpeckers, Picoides pubescens

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 703-714

  Kellam, James S ^a,c   Wingfield, John C ^b   Lucas, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Annual cycle; Courtship; Downy woodpecker; Mate choice; Pair bond; Picoides pubescens; Reproductive behavior; Sex roles; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUTUMN; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CIRCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PICOIDES PUBESCENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPRING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WINTER;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PAIR BOND; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 8844237500     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.06.014     Document Type: Article

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