Partner preference: Assessing the role of the female goat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 587-591

  Margiasso, Mary E ^a   Longpre, Kristy M ^a   Katz, Larry S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Goats; Partner preference; Preference score; Sexual behavior; Y maze

Indexed keywords

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GOAT; MATE CHOICE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GOATS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 77950368398     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.01.022     Document Type: Article

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