Learning and memory in mimicry. I. Simulations of laboratory experiments

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 351, Issue 1344, 1996, Pages 1157-1170

  Turner, John R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

LEARNING; MEMORY; MIMICRY;

EID: 0030437292     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1996.0100     Document Type: Article

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