Sexually dimorphic spatial learning in meadow voles Microtus pennsylvanicus and deer mice Peromyscus maniculatus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 195-200

  Galea, Liisa A M ^a,b   Kavaliers, Martin ^a   Ossenkopp, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deer mice; Gonadal hormone levels; Home range size; Meadow voles; Microtus pennsylvanicus; Peromyscus maniculatus; Sex differences; Space use; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; BLOOD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEROMYSCUS; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0013599550     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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