Didelphid behavior

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 361-369

  Kimble, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythmicity; Death feigning; Didelphids; Didelphis virginiana; Discrimination learning; Locomotion; Maternal behavior; Monodelphis domestica; Nest building; Opossums; Parturition; Predatory behavior; Prey manipulation; Reproductive behaviors; Scent marking; Spatial maze learning; Swimming; Territoriality; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHILDBIRTH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030953739     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(96)00016-4     Document Type: Article

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