Social interaction alters attraction to competitor's odour in the mouse Mus spretus Lataste

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 941-953

  Hurst, Jane L ^a   Gray, Samantha J ^a   Davey, Paul ^a   Young, Dominic ^a   Corbishley, Jonathan ^a   Dawson, Ceaire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT INTERACTION; SCENT MARKING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; ARENA; MUS SPRETUS;

EID: 0030734184     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0515     Document Type: Article

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