Chronic exposure of cat odor enhances aggression, urinary attractiveness and sex pheromones of mice

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 279-286

  Zhang, Jian Xu ^a,c   Sun, Lixing ^b   Bruce, Kevin E ^c   Novotny, Milos V ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Pheromone; Predator odor; Prey; Sexual attractiveness

Indexed keywords

FELIS CATUS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 42449100359     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-007-0060-1     Document Type: Article

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