Within-Session Patterns of Pigeons' General Activity

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 444-460

  Weatherly, Jeffrey N ^a   McSweeney, Frances K ^a   Swindell, Samantha ^a  

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EID: 0009683131     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/lmot.1998.1017     Document Type: Article

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