Over-marking and adjacent marking are influenced by sibship in male prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster

Ethology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Kohli, Kristen L ^a   Ferkin, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SCENT MARKING;

ANIMALIA; ARENA; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; OCHROGASTER; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032905119     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1999.tb01216.x     Document Type: Article

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