Meadow voles and prairie voles differ in the length of time they prefer the top-scent donor of an over-mark

Ethology

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1099-1114

  Ferkin, Michael H ^a   Leonard, Stuart T ^a   Bartos, Kim ^a   Schmick, Michelle K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SCENT MARKING;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0035681577     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2001.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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