A qualitative investigation of major urinary proteins in relation to the onset of aggressive behavior and dispersive motivation in male wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus)

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-135

  Rusu, Alina S ^a,b   Krackow, Sven ^a   Jedelsky, Petr L ^c   Stopka, Pavel ^c   König, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Chemical signals; Dispersal propensity; Wild house mice

Indexed keywords

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 37549037152     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-007-0042-3     Document Type: Article

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