Tolerance to unfamiliar conspecifics varies with social organization in female African mole-rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 555-562

  Ganem, Guila ^a   Bennett, Nigel C ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African mole rats; Social organization; Tolerance; Unfamiliar conspecifics

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPECIES; STRESS;

EID: 3242749744     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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