Behavioral and hormonal changes in female naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) following removal of the breeding female from a colony

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 227-247

  Margulis, Susan W ^a,b   Saltzman, Wendy ^c   Abbott, David H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0029079221     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1995.1017     Document Type: Article

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