Does fear modulate defensive and offensive types of maternal attack in mice?

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-203

  Ferrari, P F ^a   Palanza, P ^a   Parmigiani, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Defense; Fear; Game theory; Infanticide; Maternal aggression; Mice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034339066     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2337(2000)26:2<193::AID-AB5>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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