Pheromonal emission by pregnant rats protects against infanticide by nulliparous conspecifics
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Physiology & Behavior
- Vol. 46 (4) , 591-595
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9384(89)90337-5
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