Intrauterine position, parenting, and nest-site attachment in male Mongolian Gerbils

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-181

  Clark, Mertice M ^a   Vonk, Jennifer M ^a   Galef Jr , Bennett G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intrauterine position; Mongolian gerbil; Nest site attachment; Parental behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; REARING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OBSERVATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 0031688459     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199804)32:3<177::AID-DEV2>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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