Open-field nidus and pullus indices in Mus Musculus L.

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-126

  Ewalds Kvist, S Béatrice M ^a   Selander, Ritva Kajsa ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mus Musculus L.; Nidus index; Open field; Pullus index

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347071694     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00017     Document Type: Article

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