Naked mole-rats recruit colony mates to food sources

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 957-969

  Judd, Timothy M ^b   Sherman, Paul W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

FOOD SOURCE; NAKED MOLE-RAT; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030437053     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0244     Document Type: Article

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