ROLE OF TESTOSTERONE IN PROGESTERONE-INDUCED INCUBATION BEHAVIOUR IN MALE RING DOVES (STREPTOPELIA RISORIA)

SUMMARY The effectiveness of progesterone (100 μg./day, × 7) in inducing incubation behaviour in male ring doves is markedly diminished by castration. Priming with testosterone propionate (200 μg./day, × 14) restored the effectiveness of progesterone in eliciting this behaviour to the levels in intact males. The synergistic relationship of these two hormones with regard to incubation behaviour contrasts with the inhibition by progesterone of an androgen-dependent male courtship display, the bowing-coo. The behavioural changes observed after these endocrine treatments are fully consistent with the normal sequence of changes in behaviour characterizing the transition from the courtship phase to the incubation phase of the reproductive cycle.

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EFFECTS OF HYPOTHALAMIC IMPLANTS OF GONADAL STEROIDS ON COURTSHIP BEHAVIOUR IN BARBARY DOVES (STREPTOPELIA RISORIA)

Journal of Endocrinology ◽

10.1677/joe.0.0500097 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 97-113 ◽

Cited By ~ 77

Author(s):

J. B. HUTCHISON

Keyword(s):

Testosterone Propionate ◽

Posterior Hypothalamus ◽

Gonadal Steroids ◽

Courtship Behaviour ◽

Male Courtship ◽

Courtship Display ◽

Single Crystalline ◽

Streptopelia Risoria ◽

Lateral Hypothalamic ◽

The Brain

SUMMARY To determine whether the display of male courtship behaviour depends on the action of androgen on discrete areas of the brain, single crystalline implants of testosterone propionate (TP) (mean weight 40 μg) were positioned unilaterally in the brains of castrated male Barbary doves. Implants in the preoptic, anterior hypothalamic and lateral hypothalamic areas induced the full courtship display consisting of chasing, bowing and nestsoliciting. None of these behaviour patterns was re-established at precastration levels measured in terms of duration of display. Durations of courtship displayed by implanted males were similar to those induced by daily intramuscular injections of TP (300 μg/day × 15) into castrated birds. The effectiveness of implants of TP into other regions of the brain could be related to their proximity to the preoptic and anterior hypothalamic regions. There were marked deficits in the pattern of courtship of castrated doves with implants in areas adjacent to the preoptic and anterior hypothalamic regions — the neostriatum intermediale, the area basalis, and posterior hypothalamus; implants more distantly placed in the paleostriatum primitivum and lateral forebrain bundle area did not induce courtship behaviour. Cholesterol implants (59 μg) and blank implant tubing in the preoptic and anterior hypothalamic areas did not affect behaviour. The results obtained were not specific for TP implants; chasing and nest-soliciting displays were also induced by either testosterone implants (51 μg) or oestradiol-17β monobenzoate implants (47 μg). In both cases, the courtship display lacked bowing. It is concluded that the preoptic and anterior hypothalamic areas are directly sensitive to testosterone and that these areas are associated with the control of courtship behaviour.

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Role of vocalizations in the reproductive cycle of ring doves (Streptopelia risoria): Effects of hypoglossal nerve section on the reproductive behavior and physiology of the female

Hormones and Behavior ◽

10.1016/0018-506x(79)90051-5 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 113-127 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Jeffrey Cohen ◽

Mei-Fang Cheng

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Cycle ◽

Reproductive Behavior ◽

Hypoglossal Nerve ◽

Nerve Section ◽

Streptopelia Risoria ◽

Ring Doves

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12. The Role of the Arts in Male Courtship Display: Billy Collins’s “Serenade”

American Classics ◽

10.1515/9781618117670-015 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 246-252

Keyword(s):

Male Courtship ◽

Courtship Display ◽

The Arts

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Aggression, and the Acquisition and Function of Social Dominance in Female Anolis Carolinensis

Behaviour ◽

10.1163/156853996x00396 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 133 (15-16) ◽

pp. 1265-1279 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Cliff H. Summers ◽

Thomas J. Andrews

Keyword(s):

Social Interactions ◽

Site Selection ◽

Social Dominance ◽

Anolis Carolinensis ◽

Resource Acquisition ◽

Male Courtship ◽

Body Color ◽

Courtship Display ◽

And Function

AbstractFemale green anoles, Anolis carolinensis, were paired in terraria to investigate behavioral components of social interaction. Resources (perching sites, prey, and males as potential mates) were limited to assess their importance to cohabiting females. During interaction, paired females exhibited aggressive social behavior which contributed to the development of dominant-subordinate relationships. Dominant status and its relationship to differential resource acquisition was defined primarily by frequency of displacement of another female. Along with displacement, dominant females also had increased frequency of assertion displays, challenge displays, attacks and biting (Figs 1 & 2). Subordinate females were displaced more often and assumed submissive postures. No differences were found between dominant and subordinate females for perch site selection, body color or in prey capturing latency or success (Figs 3 & 4). Perch site elevation was not different between dominant and subordinate females, but was significantly lower than males. The color of paired females was not different unless males were present, in which case dominant females were darker. Paired females also respond differently to courtship display (Fig. 5). Dominant females responded with displays significantly more often than subordinate females to male courtship, indicating receptivity. The role of dominant-subordinate relationships among female A. carolinensis may include courtship and reproductive success as an important component, with consequences for the outcome of aggressive and reproductive social interactions with males.

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The role of estrogen and progesterone in the regulation of reproductive behaviour in female ring doves (Streptopelia risoria) under long vs. short photoperiods

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/z76-164 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 54 (9) ◽

pp. 1409-1422 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

N. R. Liley

Keyword(s):

Hormone Treatment ◽

Reproductive Behaviour ◽

Egg Laying ◽

Nest Building ◽

Short Photoperiod ◽

Streptopelia Risoria ◽

Ring Doves ◽

Long Photoperiod ◽

Marked Tendency

Female ring doves held under long (16 h per day) or short (8 h per day) photoperiods were treated daily for 15 days with saline, estrogen, or progesterone, alone or in combination. Seven days after the start of hormone therapy females were placed with reproductively active males for 4 h per day for 9 days. There was no difference in egg-laying, courtship, and nest-building by control birds under the two photoregimes.Ovarian follicles remained small in all birds receiving hormone treatment. Oviducts of birds receiving progesterone alone remained small in the short-photoperiod group, but at long photoperiods oviducts became enlarged. Estrogen stimulated oviduct growth at both photoperiods. The combined hormone treatment resulted in considerably greater oviduct development than estrogen alone, and in this case the oviducts of birds under long photoperiod were significantly heavier than those of short-photoperiod birds.Female soliciting and nest-building activity remained low in progesterone-treated females under short photoperiod, but increased rapidly under long photoperiod. Birds treated with estrogen and estrogen and progesterone performed considerable soliciting and nest-building. There was a marked tendency for birds under long-photoperiod conditions to be more active in nest-oriented behaviour. Copulatory behaviour by the female (begging and sexual crouch) occurred infrequently in all hormone-treated birds.

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HORMONES MODULATE THE CONCENTRATION OF CYTOPLASMIC PROGESTIN RECEPTORS IN THE BRAIN OF MALE RING DOVES (STREPTOPELIA RISORIA)

Journal of Endocrinology ◽

10.1677/joe.0.0860251 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 86 (2) ◽

pp. 251-261 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

J. BALTHAZART ◽

J. D. BLAUSTEIN ◽

M. F. CHENG ◽

H. H. FEDER

Keyword(s):

Testosterone Propionate ◽

Brain Regions ◽

Posterior Hypothalamus ◽

Vitro Assay ◽

Progestin Receptors ◽

Streptopelia Risoria ◽

Oestradiol Benzoate ◽

Ring Doves ◽

The Brain

A cytoplasmic progestin receptor has been characterized in the brain of castrated ring doves using an in-vitro assay that measures the binding of a synthetic progestin, [3H]17α,21-dimethyl-19-nor-pregna-4,9-diene-3,20-dione(promegestone; R5020). The affinity of the receptor was similar in both the hyperstriatum and the hypothalamus (Kd≃4 × 10−10 mol/l). Its concentration was higher in the anterior hypothalamus–preoptic area (63 ± 4 fmol/mg (s.e.m.) protein) than in other brain regions (posterior hypothalamus, 33 ± 5; hyperstriatum, 28 ± 3; midbrain, 17 ± 4 fmol/mg protein; n = 7). Progesterone and R5020 competed well for binding but oestradiol and 5β-dihydrotestosterone did not. Corticosterone and, to a lesser extent, testosterone and 5α-dihydrotestosterone competed for binding but much higher concentrations were required than for progestins. Injections of testosterone (200 pg testosterone propionate daily for 7 days) significantly increased the concentration of progestin receptors in the anterior and posterior hypothalamus without having any significant effect on other brain areas. Shorter treatment, lasting for 2 days, with testosterone propionate (200 μg daily), 5α-dihydrotestosterone (200 μg daily) or oestradiol benzoate (50 μg daily) did not always cause this increase but seven injections of oestradiol benzoate (50 pg daily for 7 days) were even more effective than seven injections of testosterone propionate (200 μg daily for 7 days). These data suggested that the sensitivity to progesterone of the brain of the bird changes as a consequence of increases in the level of testosterone in the circulation.

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