Behavioural development of conspecific odour preferences in bank voles, Clethrionomys glareolus

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-39

  Kruczek, Małgorzata ^a   Gołas, Aniela ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bank vole; Kin recognition; Odour preference

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; KIN RECOGNITION; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; RODENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PREPUBERTY; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SNIFFING;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 0042661235     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(03)00107-4     Document Type: Article

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