Environmental modulation of same-sex affiliative behavior in female meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 118-126

  Ondrasek, Naomi R ^a   Wade, Adam ^a   Burkhard, Tracy ^a   Hsu, Kacie ^a   Nguyen, Tiffany ^a   Post, Jessica ^a   Zucker, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Day length; Food availability; Same sex affiliative behavior; Sex differences; Temperature; Winter sociality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; DIET RESTRICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BONDING; TEMPERATURE; WINTER; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; EATING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARVICOLINAE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; EATING; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84918817068     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.12.021     Document Type: Article

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