The effects of environmental context on laboratory rat social recognition

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 629-634

  Burman, Oliver H P ^a   Mendl, Micheal ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; RECOGNITION; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032854352     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1170     Document Type: Article

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