To stay or not to stay: The contribution of tactile and thermal cues to coming to rest in newborn rabbits

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 383-389

  Pacheco Cobos, L ^a   Rosetti, M ^a   Distel, H ^b   Hudson, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altricial mammals; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Thermoregulation; Thermotaxis; Thigmotaxis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037636092     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0413-3     Document Type: Article

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