Anal gland secretion codes for family membership in the beaver

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-208

  Sun, Lixing ^a   Müller Schwarze, Dietland ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal gland secretion; Beaver; Castor canadensis; Family membership; Information coding

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; KIN RECOGNITION; RODENT;

EID: 0032434006     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050532     Document Type: Article

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