Same-sex social behavior in meadow voles: Multiple and rapid formation of attachments

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-57

  Beery, Annaliese K ^a   Routman, David M ^a   Zucker, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Day length; Group living; Partner preference; Prosocial; Rodent; Sex differences; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; MALE; PAIR BOND; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 62749086294     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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