Familiarity and phenotypic similarity influence kin discrimination in the social rodent Octodon degus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 377-384

  Villavicencio, Camila P ^a   Márquez, I Natalia ^a   Quispe, René ^a   Vásquez, Rodrigo A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

degu; exploratory behaviour; habituation; hystricognath; kin recognition; kin selection; Octodon degus; odour; rodent; sociality

Indexed keywords

FAMILIARITY; HABITUATION; KIN RECOGNITION; KIN SELECTION; ODOR; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RODENT; SIBLING;

ANIMALIA; HYSTRICOGNATHI; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 64949127587     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.04.026     Document Type: Article

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