Scent matching modulates space use and agonistic behaviour between male snow voles, Chionomys nivalis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1089-1095

  Luque Larena, Juan J ^a,b   López, Pilar ^a,b   Gosálbez, Joaquim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; OLFACTION; RECOGNITION; RODENT; SCENT MARKING; SPACE USE;

CHIONOMYS; CHIONOMYS NIVALIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0035692546     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1865     Document Type: Article

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