Odors providing sexual information in Djungarian hamsters: Evidence for an across-odor code

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-36

  Lai, Syau Cheng ^a   Vasilieva, Nina Yu ^b   Johnston, Robert E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING;

EID: 0029951891     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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