Female bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) recognition: Preference for the stud male

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-237

  Kruczek, Małgorzata ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bank vole; Memory; Odour; Olfactory systems; Preference; Pregnancy; Stud male

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY BULBECTOMY; PREGNANCY; SEXUALITY; SNIFFING; VOLE;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS;

BANK VOLE; MATE PREFERENCE; ODOUR; OLFACTORY MEMORY;

EID: 0031597276     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(98)00016-3     Document Type: Article

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