Behavioral differentiation during collective building in wild mice Mus spicilegus

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 292-298

  Serra, J ^a   Hurtado, M J ^a   Le Negrate A ^a   Feron C ^a   Nowak, R ^b,c   Gouat, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Behavioral differentiation; Collective building; Mus spicilegus; RFID technique; Self organization

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; LABORATORY METHOD; RODENT; SELF ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL INSECT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK; FEMALE; JUVENILE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; TEAMWORK; WILD TYPE; WINTER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS SPICILEGUS;

EID: 84857142881     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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