Mole-rat harderian gland secretions inhibit aggression

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1255-1263

  Shanas, Uri ^a,b   Terkel, Joseph ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPEASEMENT; GROOMING; HARDERIAN GLAND; MOLE-RAT; ODOUR; SECRETION;

ANIMALIA; NANNOSPALAX EHRENBERGI; SPALAX; SPALAX EHRENBERGI;

EID: 0030663821     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0533     Document Type: Article

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