Individual odour similarity and discrimination in the coruro (Spalacopus cyanus, Octodontidae)

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 529-536

  Hagemeyer, Petra ^a   Begall, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GENE; ODOR; PARADIGM SHIFT; RODENT; SIBLING;

OCTODONTIDAE; RODENTIA; SPALACOPUS CYANUS;

EID: 33744464761     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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