Odour similarities as a basis for discriminating degrees of kinship in rodents: Evidence from Mus spicilegus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 997-1002

  Busquet, Nicolas ^a   Baudoin, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KIN RECOGNITION; KINSHIP; OLFACTORY CUE; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; MUS SPICILEGUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 27144512851     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.12.023     Document Type: Article

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