Patterns of testosterone in male white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus): Seasonal and lifetime variation

Abstract Testosterone is strongly associated with the annual development of antlers in cervids, but endocrine research on wild, freely breeding ungulates is often done without repeated capture of known‐aged individuals. As a result, our knowledge on how testosterone fluctuates over the course of a l...

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Main Authors: Monet A. Gomes, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, Sarah Zohdy, William D. Gulsby, Chad H. Newbolt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-05-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7423