Sex differences in spatial ability: A test of the range size hypothesis in the order Carnivora

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 380-383

  Perdue, Bonnie M ^a,b   Snyder, Rebecca J ^b   Zhihe, Zhang ^c   Marr, M Jackson ^a   Maple, Terry L ^a,d,e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

^c CHENGDU RESEARCH BASE OF GIANT PANDA BREEDING   (China)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Palm Beach Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant panda; Otter; Range size hypothesis; Sex differences; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; COGNITION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MEMORY; MONOGAMY; MUSTELID; RANGE SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; BEHAVIOR; CARNIVORA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; OTTERS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; URSIDAE;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; CARNIVORA; LUTRINAE; MURIDAE;

EID: 80051678886     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1116     Document Type: Article

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