Response of prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster (Rodentia, Arvicolidae), to scent over-marks of two same-sex conspecifics: A test of the scent-masking hypothesis

Ethology

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1009-1017

  Woodward Jr , Raymond L ^b   Schmick, Michelle K ^b   Ferkin, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; RODENT; SCENT MARKING;

MICROTUS OCHROGASTER;

EID: 0343340014     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.10512482.x     Document Type: Article

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