Social influences on food choices of Norway rats and mate choices of Japanese quail

Appetite

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 179-180

  Galef, Bennett G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGE; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; QUAIL; SOCIAL ASPECT; WEANING;

EID: 0036413592     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/appe.2001.0494     Document Type: Article

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