Differences in social behaviour between group-living and solitary African striped mice, Rhabdomys pumilio

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1159-1167

  Schoepf, Ivana ^a,b   Schradin, Carsten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African striped mice; Aggression; Amicability; Behavioural syndrome; Dispersal; Group living; Personality; Rhabdomys pumilio; Social behaviour; Solitary

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; CONSPECIFIC; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DISPERSAL; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; PHILOPATRY; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

MUS; RHABDOMYS PUMILIO;

EID: 84867722603     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.08.019     Document Type: Article

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