Syrian hamster males below an age threshold do not elicit aggression from unfamiliar adult males

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-97

  DelBarco Trillo, Javier ^a,b   McPhee, M E ^a,b   Johnston, Robert E ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Aggression; Juveniles; Mesocricetus; Rodents

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HAMSTER; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CRICETINAE; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78650050021     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20368     Document Type: Article

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