Kin recognition versus familiarity in a solitary mustelid, the European polecat Mustela putorius

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 331, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 248-254

  Lodé, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Aggressive behaviour; Familiarity; Kin recognition; Mustela putorius; Ontogeny; Polecat

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FAMILIARITY; KIN RECOGNITION; KIN SELECTION; MUSTELID;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; AGING; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY; FEMALE; FERRETS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 39149114740     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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