On the role of individual differences in female odor and ultrasonic vocalizations for male's choice of partner

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-23

  Snoeren, Eelke M ^a   Helander, Lars R ^a   Iversen, Eric E ^a   Ågmo, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Female odors; Male rats; Multiple partners; Sexual behavior; Ultrasonic vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LORDOSIS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRASONIC VOCALIZATION; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; INDIVIDUALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; ODORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84900793279     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.04.048     Document Type: Article

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