The response of subordinate male mice to scent marks varies in relation to their own competitive ability

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1185-1191

  Gosling, L Morris ^a   Atkinson, Nick W ^c   Dunn, Sarah ^c   Collins, Sarah A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; HOUSE MOUSE; SCENT MARK;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030303272     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0266     Document Type: Article

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