Familiarity and mating behavior in the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum (tuco-tuco)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 944-955

  Zenuto, Roxana R ^a,b   Estavillo, Candelaria ^b   Fanjul, María Sol ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ODORS; CHEMICAL SIGNALS; FAMILIARIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

RATS;

AGGRESSION; CHEMICAL CUE; COPULATION; FAMILIARITY; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; RECOGNITION; RODENT; SCENT MARKING;

CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS TALARUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 37249002368     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-078     Document Type: Article

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