Scent-marking behaviour by male prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster, in response to the scent of opposite- and same-sex conspecifics

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-33

  Thomas, Shawn A ^a   Kaczmarek, B Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Countermark; Overmark; Prairie vole; Scent marking; Self advertisement

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ATTRACTANT; RODENT; SCENT MARKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; IDENTITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOLE;

MICROTUS; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE;

EID: 0037206734     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(02)00091-8     Document Type: Article

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