Testing functional hypotheses for the behavior of resident pine voles, Microtus pinetorum, toward non-residents

Ethology

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1023-1039

  Back, Shasta R ^b   Beeler, Lisa A ^a   Schaefer, Robert L ^a   Solomon, Nancy G ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; IMMIGRANT; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MATE GUARDING; RESIDENT POPULATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MICROTUS PINETORUM;

EID: 0036854704     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2002.00833.x     Document Type: Article

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