The consequences of inbreeding for recognizing competitors

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1444, 2000, Pages 687-694

  Nevison, Charlotte M ^a,b   Barnard, Christopher J ^a   Beynon, Robert J ^b   Hurst, Jane L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Inbreeding; Individual identity odours; Individual recognition; Mice; Scent marking

Indexed keywords

INBREEDING; RECOGNITION; RODENT; SCENT MARKING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034615993     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1057     Document Type: Article

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