Female voles discriminate males' over-marks and prefer top-scent males

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 679-690

  Johnston, Robert E ^a   Sorokin, Evan S ^c   Ferkin, Michael H ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; MEADOW VOLE; SCENT MARKING; SEXUAL SELECTION; TOP-SCENT MALE;

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 0031239655     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0471     Document Type: Article

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