Olfactory individual recognition of mothers by young guinea-pigs (Cavia porcellus)

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-208

  Jäckel, Manuela ^a   Trillmich, Fritz ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLFACTORY CUE; RECOGNITION; URINE;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037352467     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00864.x     Document Type: Article

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