Reproduction and urine marking in laboratory groups of female common voles Microtus arvalis

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1671-1685

  Heise, Sigrid R ^a   Rozenfeld, Francine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Microtus arvalis; Nonmetabolizable dyes; Olfactory communication; Pheromones; Reproduction; Rodentia; Social interactions; Spacing behavior; Urine marking

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SCENT MARKING; URINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; URINE; VOLE;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032806209     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020853303321     Document Type: Article

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