Responses of snow voles, Chionomys nivalis, towards conspecific cues reflect social organization during overwintering periods

Ethology

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 947-959

  Luque Larena, Juan J ^a   López, Pilar ^b   Gosálbez, Joaquim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; OLFACTORY CUE; OVERWINTERING; RODENT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPACING;

CHIONOMYS; CHIONOMYS NIVALIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 18744398998     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2002.00828.x     Document Type: Article

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