Urine marking and social dominance in male house mice (Mus musculus domesticus)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 113-120

  Drickamer, Lee C ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dominance; House mice; Urine marking

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; MALE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SCENT MARKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URINE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; URINE;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 0035853169     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(00)00152-2     Document Type: Article

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