The amount of time that a meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus, self-grooms is affected by its reproductive state and that of the odor donor

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 266-271

  Ferkin, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Olfactory communication; Postpartum estrous; Self grooming; Voles

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

GROOMING; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; GROOMING; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; ODORS; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 33749983353     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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