Dissipation of kin discrimination in Orkney voles, Microtus arvalis orcadensis: A laboratory study

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-30

  Lambin, Xavier ^a   Mathers, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROTUS ARVALIS; MICROTUS ARVALIS ORCADENSIS;

KIN DISCRIMINATION; ODOUR PREFERENCE; ORKNEY VOLE; RELATEDNESS;

EID: 0030620185     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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