Orientation and movement patterns of the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) in its home range are not altered by olfactory or visual deprivation

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 243-248

  Benhamou, Simon ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Home range; Olfaction; Orientation; Vision; Woodmouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MURIDAE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT; MURIDAE; SMELL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 0035015326     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590100195     Document Type: Article

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