Analysing animal social structure

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1053-1067

  Whitehead, Hal ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

CETACEA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0031128704     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0358     Document Type: Article

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