Male dominance and female chemosensory preferences in the rock-dwelling snow vole

Behaviour

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 665-681

  Luque Larena, Juan J ^a   López, Pilar ^b   Gosálbez, Joaquim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 0042570490     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853903322149496     Document Type: Article

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