Patterns of maternal effort in mouse lines bidirectionally selected for aggression

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-75

  Benus, Rensina F ^a   Röndigs, Marina ^a,b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; HOUSE MOUSE; MATERNAL EFFORT;

MUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0029669165     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0006     Document Type: Article

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