The consequence of inbreeding for modulating social relationships between competitors

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 387-398

  Nevison, C M ^a,b,c   Barnard, C J ^a   Hurst, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MYERSCOUGH COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Familiarity; Inbreeding; Individual identity odours; Individual recognition; Mice

Indexed keywords

FAMILIARITY; INBREEDING; KIN RECOGNITION; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037460085     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00278-2     Document Type: Article

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