Colony member recognition and xenophobia in the naked mole-rat

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 487-498

  O'Riain, M J ^a   Jarvis, J U M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KIN RECOGNITION; NAKED MOLE-RAT; ODOUR; XENOPHOBIA;

HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER;

EID: 0031082131     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0299     Document Type: Article

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