Effects of male kinship and agonistic behaviour on reproduction and odour preferences of female house mice, Mus domesticus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1147-1155

  Ensminger, Amanda L ^a,b   Meikle, Douglas B ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; KINSHIP; OLFACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; RAPHIA FRATER;

EID: 17844408161     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.07.018     Document Type: Article

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