The Prejuvenile Onset of Play Fighting in Laboratory Rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-205

  Pellis, Sergio M ^a   Pellis, Vivien C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allogrooming; Play fighting; Playful attack; Playful defense; Rats

Indexed keywords

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RATS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031264265     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199711)31:3<193::AID-DEV4>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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