Unravelling the chemical basis of competitive scent marking in house mice

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1177-1190

  Humphries, R E ^b   Robertson, D H L ^a   Beynon, R J ^a   Hurst, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; RODENT; SCENT MARKING; URINE;

MUS; MUS DOMESTICUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033403530     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1252     Document Type: Article

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