Evolution of pacifism may have followed similar paths in Spalax and in the bathyergid mole-rats: A reply to H. Burda

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 365-367

  Ganem, Guila ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

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SPALAX;

EID: 0031804991     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050450     Document Type: Short Survey

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