Effects of Isolation on Aggression in the Domesticated House Musk Shrew (Suncus murinus)

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-81

  Kawano, Kazuaki ^a  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNCUS; SUNCUS MURINUS;

EID: 0011516917     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02350095     Document Type: Article

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