Are 50-kHz calls used as play signals in the playful interactions of rats? I. Evidence from the timing and context of their use

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-66

  Himmler, B T ^a   Kisko, T M ^a   Euston, D R ^a   Kolb, B ^a   Pellis, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Play behavior; Play signals; Rats; Same sex; Ultrasonic vocalizations

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; PLAY; RODENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLAY; PREDICTION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIDEORECORDING; VOCALIZATION; WRESTLING; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84900805075     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.04.014     Document Type: Article

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