Do olfactory cues mediate interactions between rodents on northern shortgrass prairie?

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 226-232

  Stapp, Paul ^a   Van Horne, Beatrice ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRICETINAE; LEUCOGASTER; ONYCHOMYS LEUCOGASTER; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030026452     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z96-028     Document Type: Article

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