Sex differences in ultrasonic vocalizations and coordinated movement in the California mouse (Peromyscus californicus)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-162

  Wright, Sandra L ^a,b   Brown, Richard E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

California mouse; Coordinated movement; Development; Ultrasonic vocalizations

Indexed keywords

MOVEMENT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; RODENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROOMING; HYPOTHESIS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS CALIFORNICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 1042278862     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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