The effect of alloparental experience and care on anxiety-like, social and parental behaviour in adult mandarin voles

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-69

  Wu, Ruiyong ^a   Song, Zhenzhen ^a   Tai, Fadao ^a   An, Xiaolei ^a   Yu, Peng ^a   Li, Yani ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alloparental care; Alloparental experience; Anxiety like behaviour; Early development; Locomotor activity; Mandarin vole; Microtus mandarinus; Parental behaviour; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALLOPARENTAL CARE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; LOCOMOTION; RODENT; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; LASIOPODOMYS MANDARINUS; MICROTUS MANDARINUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 84872322720     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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