Aggression and commensalism in house mouse: A comparative study across europe and the near east

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-293

  Frynta, Daniel ^a   Slábová, Markéta ^a   Váchová, Hana ^a   Volfová, Radka ^a   Munclinger, Pavel ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviour; Hybrid zone; Mus domesticus; Mus macedonicus; Mus spicilegus; Wild mouse

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744372506     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.15555     Document Type: Article

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