Different levels of complexity in the play‐fighting by muroid rodents appear to result from different levels of intensity of attack and defense

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 297-310

  Pellis, Sergio M ^a   Pellis, Vivien C ^a   Dewsbury, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

counter attack; deer mice; evolution; montane voles; prairie voles; rats; tactics; targets

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FIGHTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT;

EID: 0024785543     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.2480150405     Document Type: Article

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