Disruption of pairs produces pair-bond disruption in male but not female Mongolian gerbils

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 497-503

  Starkey, N J ^a   Hendrie, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gerbils; Pair bonds; Sex differences; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; GERBIL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032412645     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00190-5     Document Type: Article

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