Life history costs of olfactory status signalling in mice

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 328-332

  Gosling, L M ^a   Roberts, S C ^a   Thornton, E A ^a   Andrew, M J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laboratory mice; Life history costs; Olfaction; Status signals

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPETITION; RODENT; SIGNAL; TRADE-OFF;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033832771     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650000242     Document Type: Article

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