Sexual and aggressive play fighting of sibling Richardson's ground squirrels

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 323-337

  Pasztor, Tamara J ^a   Smith, Lori K ^a,b   MacDonald, Neala K ^a   Michener, Gail R ^a   Pellis, Sergio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggressive play; Attack; Counterattack; Defense; Eshkol Wachman movement notation; Play motivation; Sex differences; Sex play

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040481421     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.1015     Document Type: Article

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