On the border: Perimeter patrolling as a transitional exploratory phase in a diurnal rodent, the fat sand rat (Psammomys obesus)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 311-318

  Avni, Reut ^a   Eilam, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive map; Home base; Navigation; Orientation; Systematic search

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GERBIL; LEARNING; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GERBILLINAE; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 40949139387     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-007-0119-y     Document Type: Article

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