Social Transmission of Flavor Preferences in Two Species of Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus and Phodopus campbelli)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 449-455

  Lupfer, Gwen ^a   Frieman, Jerome ^a   Coonfield, Daniel ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MALE; PHODOPUS; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TASTE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; PHODOPUS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASTE;

EID: 0346880049     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.117.4.449     Document Type: Article

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