Scent marking by the male domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is stimulated by an object's novelty and its specific visual or tactile characteristics

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 360-367

  Hoffman, Kurt L ^a   Hernandez Decasa D M ^a   Beyer Ruiz, M E ^a   González Mariscal, Gabriela ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chinning; Male sexual behavior; Novelty; Rabbit; Scent marking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OPEN FIELD TEST; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STEREOTYPY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RABBITS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 74449083453     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.10.021     Document Type: Article

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