Pre-reproductive alliance formation in female wild house mice (Mus domesticus): The effects of familiarity and age disparity

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 53-58

  Rusu, Alina S ^a   König, Barbara ^a   Krackow, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchy; Female aggression; Kin structuring; Social queuing; Spatial association

Indexed keywords

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 2942562167     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-004-0084-2     Document Type: Article

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