Recognition of kin in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 483-489

  Kruczek, Małgorzata ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bank vole; Kin recognition; Odour preference; Recognition mechanisms

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; KIN SELECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PHENOTYPE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLE;

EID: 33846604246     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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