Testosterone affects song modulation during simulated territorial intrusions in male black redstarts (Phoenicurus ochruros).

Although it has been suggested that testosterone plays an important role in resource allocation for competitive behavior, details of the interplay between testosterone, territorial aggression and signal plasticity are largely unknown. Therefore, we investigated if testosterone acts specifically on s...

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Main Authors: Beate Apfelbeck, Sarah Kiefer, Kim G Mortega, Wolfgang Goymann, Silke Kipper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3524101?pdf=render