Spacing behaviour of juvenile corn mice, Calomys musculinus, at the beginning of the breeding period, in absence of adult males

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-310

  Steinmann, Andrea ^a   Priotto, José ^a   Sommaro, Lucia ^a   Polop, Jaime ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Murids; Neotropical rodent; Spacing behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BREEDING SEASON; HOME RANGE; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; JUVENILE; PASTURE; RODENT; SPACING;

CALOMYS MUSCULINUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33745033804     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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