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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: Horm Behav. 2005 Jun 16;49(1):45–67. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.05.003

Table 1. Summary of the experiments performed in a correlated design.

For each group of birds, the number of experiments and the order in which they have been performed is stated. For each experiment, the following information is mentioned: the experimental conditions tested, the apparatus where the test was performed, the dependent variable measured, the number of animals tested and the number attributed to this experiment.

Groups Order Experiments Experimental apparatus Dependent variable N Exp#
G1 - Intacts 1 Vor 30min-6mg/kg Small arena Copulation 12 1
2 Vor 15min-6mg/kg Small arena Copulation 12 2
3 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Small arena Copulation 12 3
4 Vor 15min-30mg/kg Small arena Copulation 11 4
5 Vor 45min-30mg/kg Small arena Copulation 12 5
6 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 12 6
7 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Small arena Copulation 10 7
8 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Small arena Locomotion 10 8
9 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 10 9
10 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 9 10
11 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Large arena Locomotion 9 11
Look 9 12
Copulation 9 13
12 Vor 15min-30mg/kg Large arena Locomotion 9 14
Look 9 15
Copulation 9 16
13 Vor 45min-30mg/kg Large arena Locomotion 8 17
Look 8 18
Copulation 8 19
14 Vor 60min-30mg/kg Large arena Locomotion 6 20
Look 6 21
Copulation 6 22
15 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 6 23
G2 − CX+T40 1 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Small arena Copulation 11 24
2 Vor 45min-30mg/kg Small arena Copulation 11 25
3 Vor 15min-30mg/kg Small arena Copulation 11 26
4 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 11 27
5 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Small arena Copulation 11 28
6 Vor 45min-30mg/kg Small arena Copulation 11 29
7 Vor 45min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 10 30
8 Vor 45min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 11 31
9 Vor 60min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 10 32
10 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 11 33
11 Vor 15min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 10 34
G3 − CX+T20A 1 Vor 15min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 10 35
2 Vor 45min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 15 36
3 Vor 15min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 10 37
4 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 13 38
5 Vor 45min-30mg/kg Small arena Copulation 13 39
6 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 12 40
7 Vor +E2 (500) 30min Aquarium RCSM 12 41
8 Vor +E2 (500) 15min Aquarium RCSM 12 42
9 Vor +E2 (500) 15min Aquarium RCSM 12 43
10 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 11 44
11 Vor +E2 (500) 45min Aquarium RCSM 11 45
G4 − CX+T20B 1 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 16 46
2 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Small arena Copulation 16 47
3 Vor 45min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 16 48
4 Vor +E2 (500)-30min Aquarium RCSM 16 49
5 Vor 30min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 16 50
6 Vor 45min-E2 30min Aquarium RCSM 13 51
7 Vor 30min-E2 15min Aquarium RCSM 13 52
8 Vor 30min-30mg/kg - Aromatase activity 11 53
G5 − CX+T20C 1 ATD 15min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 13 54
2 ATD 30min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 13 55
3 ATD 45min-30mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 13 56
4 ATD 30min-150mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 13 57
5 ATD 45min-150mg/kg Aquarium RCSM 13 58
6 ATD 30min-150mg/kg - Aromatase activity 13 59