Conspecific aggression influences food carrying: Studies on a wild population of rattus norvegicus

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-66

  Whishaw, Ian Q ^a   Whishaw, Gavian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Food carrying; Hoarding; Laboratory rats

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030528159     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2337(1996)22:1<47::AID-AB5>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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