Male degus, Octodon degus, modify their dustbathing behavior in response to social familiarity of previous dustbathing marks

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 157-163

  Ebensperger, Luis A ^a   Caiozzi, Andrea ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Sandbathing; Scent marking; Social communication; Social familiarity

Indexed keywords

OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 0036521282     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2002000100015     Document Type: Article

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