Perception of Scent Over-Marks by Golden Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus): Novel Mechanisms for Determining Which Individual's Mark Is on Top

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 230-243

  Johnston, Robert E ^a   Bhorade, Anjali ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HAMSTER; MALE; MEMORY; ODOR; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TIME; VAGINA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CRICETINAE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MEMORY; MESOCRICETUS; ORIENTATION; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA;

EID: 0032158514     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.112.3.230     Document Type: Article

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