Testosterone control of male courtship in birds

Fusani, Leonida

doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.04.004

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Testosterone control of male courtship in birds

Fusani, Leonida·2008·Hormones and Behavior

DOI 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.04.004

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A sequence of behaviours which we call courtship initiates reproduction in a large number of species. In vertebrates, as a component of male sexual behaviour courtship is strongly influenced by testicular androgen. Here I will review some salient issues about the regulation of courtship by testosterone in birds. The first section will briefly summarize the first 100 years of research on this topic. The specific role of testosterone or its oestrogenic metabolites in the control of different components of courtship will be the subject of the second section. Then, I will discuss how behavioural patterns can be recruited into courtship and modified in their structure by testosterone action. In the following section, the role of sexual selection and female choice in shaping the link between testosterone and courtship will be addressed. The problematic nature of the quantitative relationships between testosterone and behaviour will be topic of the fifth section. Finally, I will discuss how courtship traits that are activated by testosterone can be apparently independent of hormone blood concentrations. These issues will be examined in an evolutionary perspective, in an attempt to understand how natural and sexual selection have shaped the links between the hormone and the behaviour.

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Authors: Fusani, L.
Affiliations: University of Ferrara (IT)
Corresponding author: Fusani, Leonida
ORCID: Fusani, Leonida
Venue: Hormones and Behavior
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2008-07
Volume: 54
Issue: 2
Pages: 227-233
ISSN: 0018-506X (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.04.004
OpenAlex: W2099750470
Cited by: 117
References: 124
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 5
FWCI: 0.73
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Hormones and Behavior (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Institutional Research Information System University of Ferrara (University of Ferrara) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology › Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Keywords: testosterone, male courtship behavior, birds, androgens, sexual selection, female mate choice, courtship behavior, evolutionary perspective, reproductive behavior
MeSH terms: Animals, Behavior, Animal, Birds, Courtship, Endocrine System, Male, Testosterone

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