Problems in the study of rodent aggression

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 161-170

  Blanchard, Robert J ^a   Wall, Philip M ^a   Blanchard, D Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Defensive aggression; Hamsters; Mice; Offensive aggression; Rats; Target sites for attack

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEER; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEAR; FIGHTING; HAMSTER; HEALTH; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLAY; POLITICS; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD SPECIES;

EID: 0242691638     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0018-506X(03)00127-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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