Reorganization of behaviour in laboratory mice, Mus musculus, with varying cost of access to resources

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1087-1093

  Sherwin, C M ^a   Nicol, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030152034     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0110     Document Type: Article

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