To nest communally or not to nest communally: A review of rodent communal nesting and nursing

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 677-688

  Hayes, Loren Donald ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNAL NESTING; PARENTAL CARE; RODENT;

EID: 0033857424     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1390     Document Type: Review

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