Meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) and prairie voles (M. ochrogaster) Differ in their responses to over-marks from opposite- and same-sex conspecifics

Ethology

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 979-992

  Woodward Jr , Raymond L ^a   Bartos, Kim ^a   Ferkin, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSPECIFIC; SCENT MARKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033673536     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2000.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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