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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2021-05-01
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Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7423 |