Hormone Changes Triggered by Aggression in a Natural Population of Blackbirds
- 2 March 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 203 (4383), 918-920
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.570304
Abstract
The concentrations of hormones in the plasma of male red-winged blackbirds caught at the height of an aggressive encounter are significantly different from those in males that have not recently engaged in aggressive behavior. Concentrations of luteinizing hormone in the plasma are decreased in the aggressive males, whereas androgen concentrations are affected in a more complex manner. Concentrations of corticoids do not appear to be affected by aggressive behavior.This publication has 33 references indexed in Scilit:
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