Use of foraging trails by Norway rats

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 765-771

  Galef Jr , Bennett G ^a   Buckley, Leslie E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING TRAIL; INFORMATION ACQUISITION; NORWAY RAT;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0029769717     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0081     Document Type: Article

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