The relationship between pregnancy block and infanticide in house mice (mus musculus domesticus) during lactational pregnancy

Behaviour

Volumn 133, Issue 13-14, 1996, Pages 1023-1050

  Coopersmith, Carol B ^a,b   Lenington, Sarah ^a,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Israel)

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EID: 0030516752     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853996x00585     Document Type: Article

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