Comparison of the parental behavior of pair-bonded female and male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-40

  Lonstein, Joseph S ^a   De Vries, Geert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactation; Maternal behavior; Monogamy; Paternal behavior; Somatosensation; Suckling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROOMING; KYPHOSIS; LACTATION; LICKING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SUCKING; VOLE;

MICROTUS OCHROGASTER;

EID: 0032923169     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00270-4     Document Type: Article

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