Scent-marking and sexual activity may reflect social hierarchy among group-living male Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 644-649

  Shimozuru, Michito ^a   Kikusui, Takefumi ^a   Takeuchi, Yukari ^a   Mori, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Mongolian gerbil; Scent marking behavior; Sexual behavior; Social hierarchy; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAGE; COITUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GERBIL; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33845453660     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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