Organization of Mating Behavior in Male Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-193

  Floody, Owen R ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual mechanism; Factor analysis; Hamster; Male copulatory behavior; Male sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPULATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HAMSTER; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; CRICETINAE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79957877588     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022660     Document Type: Article

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