Social transmission and memory of food preferences in pine voles (Microtus pinetorum)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-38

  Solomon, Nancy G ^a   Yeager, Christopher S ^b   Beeler, Lisa A ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; DECISION MAKING; FOOD PREFERENCE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ARVICOLINAE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; MEMORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85047669181     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.116.1.35     Document Type: Article

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