Odor Preferences of Female House Mice (Mus domesticus) in Seminatural Enclosures

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-138

  Mossman, Catherine A ^a,b   Drickamer, Lee C ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; MURIDAE; ODOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MURIDAE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SMELL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030162073     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.110.2.131     Document Type: Article

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