Meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus, can distinguish more over-marks from fewer over-marks

Animal Cognition

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 182-189

  Ferkin, Michael H ^a   Pierce, Andrew A ^a   Sealand, Robert O ^a   Delbarco Trillo, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Over marks; Relative numerousness; Voles

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; RANDAM 1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; RANDAM-1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; ODOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SEX FACTORS; SMELL;

MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 23944501324     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-004-0244-9     Document Type: Article

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