The relationship between dominance rank and spatial ability among male meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 332-339

  Spritzer, Mark D ^a,b   Meikle, Douglas B ^a   Solomon, Nancy G ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4744373462     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.118.3.332     Document Type: Article

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