{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,20]],"date-time":"2026-06-20T14:56:42Z","timestamp":1781967402722,"version":"3.54.5"},"reference-count":51,"publisher":"Oxford University Press (OUP)","issue":"6","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2011,12,1]]},"DOI":"10.1095\/biolreprod.111.092692","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,8,5]],"date-time":"2011-08-05T00:20:43Z","timestamp":1312503643000},"page":"1108-1113","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["Seasonal Androgen Cycles in Adult Male American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) from a Barrier Island Population1"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"85","author":[{"given":"Heather J.","family":"Hamlin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Russell H.","family":"Lowers","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"suffix":"Jr.","given":"Louis J.","family":"Guillette","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","reference":[{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R01","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"87","DOI":"10.1006\/gcen.1997.6953","article-title":"The reproductive cycle of the female American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)","volume":"108","year":"1997","journal-title":"Gen Comp Endocrinol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R02","first-page":"153","article-title":"Reproductive biology of the American alligator in southwest Louisiana","volume":"1","year":"1980","journal-title":"SSAR Contributions to Herpetology"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R03","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"91","DOI":"10.1002\/jez.1402410111","article-title":"Effect of mammalian gonadotropins on testosterone secretion in male alligators","volume":"241","year":"1987","journal-title":"J Exp Zool"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R04","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"8","DOI":"10.2307\/1563666","article-title":"Spacing patterns in alligator nests","volume":"18","year":"1984","journal-title":"J Herpetol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R05","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"251","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ygcen.2009.03.021","article-title":"Ultrasonography of reproductive structures and hormonal correlates of follicular development in female American alligators, Alligator mississippiensis, in southwest Louisiana","volume":"162","year":"2009","journal-title":"Gen Comp Endocrinol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R06","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"999","DOI":"10.1093\/icb\/29.3.999","article-title":"Reproductive-cycle of the American alligator","volume":"29","year":"1989","journal-title":"Am Zool"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R07","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"225","DOI":"10.1093\/icb\/17.1.225","article-title":"Social signals and behaviors of adult alligators and crocodiles","volume":"17","year":"1977","journal-title":"Am Zool"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R08","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"477","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1469-7998.1990.tb04014.x","article-title":"The reproductive-cycle of the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)","volume":"221","year":"1990","journal-title":"J Zool"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R09","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"335","DOI":"10.1006\/gcen.2000.7426","article-title":"Seasonal patterns of plasma steroid hormones in males and females of the bearded dragon lizard, Pogona barbata","volume":"117","year":"2000","journal-title":"Gen Comp Endocrinol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1016\/0016-6480(92)90165-G","article-title":"Sex steroids levels in the plasma and testis during the reproductive-cycle of lizard Podarcis sicula sicula Raf","volume":"85","year":"1992","journal-title":"Gen Comp Endocrinol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"542","DOI":"10.1016\/j.yhbeh.2007.02.004","article-title":"The reproductive pattern of male dusky salamanders (genus Desmognathus) is neither associated nor dissociated","volume":"51","year":"2007","journal-title":"Horm Behav"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"527","DOI":"10.1016\/0300-9629(86)90441-X","article-title":"Effect of temperature on the seasonal production of testicular androgens, invitro, by the lizard Tiliqua rugosa","volume":"85","year":"1986","journal-title":"Comp Biochem Physiol A Comp Physiol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"36","DOI":"10.1002\/zoo.20159","article-title":"Reproductive and thyroid hormone profiles in captive Western fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) after a period of brumation","volume":"27","year":"2008","journal-title":"Zoo Biol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"233","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ygcen.2008.05.009","article-title":"Behavioral insensitivity to testosterone: why and how does testosterone alter paternal and aggressive behavior in some avian species but not others?","volume":"157","year":"2008","journal-title":"Gen Comp Endocrinol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"271","DOI":"10.1016\/0300-9629(91)90532-H","article-title":"Male sex steroids and hormonal control of male courtship behavior in the yellow-bellied slider turtle, Trachemys scripta","volume":"98","year":"1991","journal-title":"Comp Biochem Physiol A Comp Physiol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"411","DOI":"10.1016\/0016-6480(86)90077-8","article-title":"Hormonal-control of courtship and copulatory behavior in male Cnemidophorus inornatus, a direct sexual ancestor of a unisexual parthenogenic lizard","volume":"64","year":"1986","journal-title":"Gen Comp Endocrinol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"381","DOI":"10.1016\/j.yhbeh.2010.01.008","article-title":"Aggressive interactions rapidly increase androgen synthesis in the brain during the non-breeding season","volume":"57","year":"2010","journal-title":"Horm Behav"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"543","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2826.2006.01440.x","article-title":"Testosterone and aggression: Berthold, birds and beyond","volume":"18","year":"2006","journal-title":"J Neuroendocrinol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R19","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"61","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ygcen.2008.05.004","article-title":"Plasma DHEA levels in wild, territorial red squirrels: seasonal variation and effect of ACTH","volume":"158","year":"2008","journal-title":"Gen Comp Endocrinol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"376","DOI":"10.1016\/j.yhbeh.2009.07.004","article-title":"Aggressive encounters differentially affect serum dehydroepiandrosterone and testosterone concentrations in male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)","volume":"56","year":"2009","journal-title":"Horm Behav"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"127","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jsbmb.2009.12.016","article-title":"Dehydroepiandrosterone as a regulator of immune cell function","volume":"120","year":"2010","journal-title":"J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"289","DOI":"10.1055\/s-2004-861546","article-title":"Is there a receptor for dehydroepiandrosterone or dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate?","volume":"22","year":"2004","journal-title":"Semin Reprod Med"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"89","DOI":"10.1080\/03602530600569877","article-title":"The biological actions of dehydroepiandrosterone involves multiple receptors","volume":"38","year":"2006","journal-title":"Drug Metab Rev"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"169","DOI":"10.1677\/joe.1.06264","article-title":"Is dehydroepiandrosterone a hormone?","volume":"187","year":"2005","journal-title":"J Endocrinol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R25","first-page":"375","article-title":"Behavioral implications of rapid changes in steroid production action in the brain","volume":"57","year":"2010","journal-title":"Horm Behav"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R26","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"963","DOI":"10.1016\/S0306-4530(98)00071-7","article-title":"Neurosteroids: a novel function of the brain","volume":"23","year":"1998","journal-title":"Psychoneuroendocrinology"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R27","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"76","DOI":"10.1016\/j.aquaculture.2007.06.031","article-title":"Possible roles of sex steroids in the control of reproduction in bivalve molluscs","volume":"272","year":"2007","journal-title":"Aquaculture"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R28","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"65","DOI":"10.1016\/j.yfrne.2008.11.002","article-title":"Neurobiological and neuropsychiatric effects of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and DHEA sulfate (DHEAS)","volume":"30","year":"2009","journal-title":"Front Neuroendocrinol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R29","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"299","DOI":"10.1006\/gcen.1999.7419","article-title":"Seasonal changes in sex and adrenal steroid hormones of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus)","volume":"117","year":"2000","journal-title":"Gen Comp Endocrinol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R30","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"293","DOI":"10.2307\/1566120","article-title":"Changes in plasma testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone concentrations throughout the annual reproductive cycle in male viviparous blue-tongued skinks, Tiliqua nigrolutea, in Tasmania","volume":"35","year":"2001","journal-title":"J Herpetol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R31","article-title":"Hormonal control of reproduction in crocodilians","year":"1987"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R32","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"473","DOI":"10.2307\/1564842","article-title":"The male reproductive cycle of the lizard Pseudocordylus melanotus (Sauria, Cordylidae)","volume":"27","year":"1993","journal-title":"J Herpetol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R33","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"515","DOI":"10.1016\/0300-9629(85)90425-6","article-title":"Plasma androgens and their association with the reproductive cycle of the male fence lizard, Sceloporus undulatus","volume":"82","year":"1985","journal-title":"Comp Biochem Physiol A Comp Physiol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R34","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"232","DOI":"10.1006\/gcen.1997.7026","article-title":"Seasonal reproductive cycle of the Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempi)","volume":"109","year":"1998","journal-title":"Gen Comp Endocrinol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R35","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"43","DOI":"10.1006\/gcen.2000.7490","article-title":"Seasonal variation in reproductive steroids of male and female yellow-blotched map turtles, Graptemys flavimaculata","volume":"119","year":"2000","journal-title":"Gen Comp Endocrinol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R36","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"362","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1469-7998.2009.00669.x","article-title":"Relationship of plasma sex steroids to the mating season of copperheads at the north-eastern extreme of their range","volume":"280","year":"2010","journal-title":"J Zool"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R37","first-page":"1","article-title":"Alligator feeding habits: new data and a review","volume":"9","year":"1987","journal-title":"Northeast Gulf Science"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R38","first-page":"241","article-title":"Demographic and geographic variation in food habits of American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in Louisiana","volume":"5","year":"2010","journal-title":"Herpetological Conservation and Biology"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R39","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"428","DOI":"10.1093\/icb\/icn058","article-title":"The effects of diet on plasma and yolk steroids in lizards (Anolis carolinensis)","volume":"48","year":"2008","journal-title":"Integr Comp Biol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R40","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"134","DOI":"10.1016\/j.yhbeh.2009.09.019","article-title":"Food supplementation and testosterone interact to influence reproductive behavior and immune function in Sceloporus graciosus","volume":"57","year":"2010","journal-title":"Horm Behav"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R41","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"33","DOI":"10.1016\/j.etap.2004.02.009","article-title":"Aluminum-induced suppression of testosterone through nitric oxide production in male mice","volume":"19","year":"2005","journal-title":"Environ Toxicol Pharmacol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R42","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2206","DOI":"10.1016\/j.fct.2010.05.048","article-title":"Effects of BDE-99 on hormone homeostasis and biochemical parameters in adult male rats","volume":"48","year":"2010","journal-title":"Food Chem Toxicol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R43","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"217","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ygcen.2003.09.013","article-title":"Rapid suppression of testosterone secretion after capture in male American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)","volume":"135","year":"2004","journal-title":"Gen Comp Endocrinol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R44","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"194","DOI":"10.1016\/j.yhbeh.2008.02.014","article-title":"Sex differences in DHEA and estradiol during development in a wild songbird: jugular versus brachial plasma","volume":"54","year":"2008","journal-title":"Horm Behav"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R45","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"534","DOI":"10.1007\/s00265-005-0962-2","article-title":"Correlated evolution of male and female testosterone profiles in birds and its consequences","volume":"58","year":"2005","journal-title":"Behav Ecol Sociobiol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R46","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"225","DOI":"10.1080\/10284150601090102","article-title":"Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) blocks the increase in food intake caused by neuropeptide Y (NPY) in the Zucker rat","volume":"9","year":"2006","journal-title":"Nutr Neurosci"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R47","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"505","DOI":"10.1016\/S1096-4959(03)00256-2","article-title":"Antibacterial properties of serum from the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)","volume":"136","year":"2003","journal-title":"Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R48","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"661","DOI":"10.1242\/jeb.038315","article-title":"Understanding the vertebrate immune system: insights from the reptilian perspective","volume":"213","year":"2010","journal-title":"J Exp Biol"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R49","first-page":"305","article-title":"Hormones and reproductive cycles in crocodilians","volume-title":"Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates: Reptiles, vol. 3","year":"2011"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R50","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"497","DOI":"10.1016\/j.aquaculture.2005.04.001","article-title":"Disparate effects of constant and annually-cycling daylength and water temperature on reproductive maturation of striped bass (Morone saxatilis)","volume":"249","year":"2005","journal-title":"Aquaculture"},{"key":"key\n\t\t\t\t20170224014725_R51","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"801","DOI":"10.1016\/S0531-5565(03)00112-8","article-title":"Alligator physiology and life history: the importance of temperature","volume":"38","year":"2003","journal-title":"Exp Gerontol"}],"container-title":["Biology of Reproduction"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","deposited":{"date-parts":[[2017,6,20]],"date-time":"2017-06-20T04:17:16Z","timestamp":1497932236000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/biolreprod\/article-lookup\/doi\/10.1095\/biolreprod.111.092692"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2011,12,1]]},"references-count":51,"journal-issue":{"issue":"6","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2011,12,1]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1095\/biolreprod.111.092692","relation":{},"ISSN":["0006-3363","1529-7268"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0006-3363","type":"print"},{"value":"1529-7268","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2011,12,1]]}}}