Nest-box choice in the laboratory mice: Preference for nest-boxes differing in design (size and/or shape) and composition (1981)

Buhot-Averseng, M. C.

Abstract

Mice had a strong preference for nest boxes which allowed visual cues to pass and which had a rectangular shape. Highest in order of preference were small narrow-sided nest-boxes, followed by small square ones, then the small circular one, and last the big circular one.