Ignoring the challenge? Male black redstarts (Phoenicurus ochruros) do not increase testosterone levels during territorial conflicts but they do so in response to gonadotropin-releasing hormone

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2011-11-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rspb.2011.0098PMID 21325321PMCID PMC3169021
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