Landmark Use by Navigating Rats (Rattus norvegicus): Contrasting Geometric and Featural Information

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 317-322

  Benhamou, Simon ^a   Poucet, Bruno ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0000731195     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.112.3.317     Document Type: Article

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