Scent marking, dominance and serum testosterone levels in male domestic rabbits

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 510-515

  Arteaga, Lourdes ^a   Bautista, Amando ^a   Martínez Gómez, Margarita ^a,b   Nicolás, Leticia ^a   Hudson, Robyn ^b  

^a CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chin marking; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Scent glands; Social confrontation

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHINCHILLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEANING;

EID: 43549090161     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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