Social relationships and social structure of the mound-building mouse (Mus spicilegus) in intraspecific cage groups

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-45

  Simeonovska Nikolova, Daniela Marinova ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Dominant subordinate structure; Reproduction; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

MUS SPICILEGUS;

EID: 0242661874     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-003-0077-6     Document Type: Article

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