Maternal Presence and Rearing Condition Affect Responses to a Live Predator in Kangaroo Rats (Dipodomys heermanni arenae)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 362-369

  Yoerg, Sonja I ^a   Shier, Debra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; DIPODOMYS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SNAKE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; DIPODOMYS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; ESCAPE REACTION; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SNAKES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031304434     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.111.4.362     Document Type: Article

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