Oestrous females investigate the unfamiliar male more than the familiar male in both commensal and non-commensal populations of house mice

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-60

  Frynta, Daniel ^a   Volfová, Radka ^a   Fraňková Nováková, Marcela ^a,b   Stejskal, Václav ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aggression; Commensalism; Mating systems; Monogamy; Mus domesticus; Mus musculus; Mus spicilegus; Wild mouse

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMENSAL; COMMENSALISM; MATING BEHAVIOR; MONOGAMY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RODENT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMMENSAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MONOGAMY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYGYNY; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; MUS SPICILEGUS;

EID: 72449183576     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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