Behavioral interactions increase pregnancy blocking by unfamiliar male meadow voles

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1093-1098

  Storey, Anne ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral interactions; Medow voles; Pregnancy block

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VOLE;

EID: 0030271337     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00045-5     Document Type: Article

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