Way-marking behaviour: An aid to spatial navigation in the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)

BMC Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Stopka, Pavel ^a,b   Macdonald, David W ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APODEMUS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; MURIDAE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; MURIDAE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 2942744723     PISSN: 14726785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-3-3     Document Type: Article

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