Finding a dominance order most consistent with a linear hierarchy: A new procedure and review

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 827-843

  De Vries, Han ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE HIERARCHY; LINEARITY;

EID: 0032055278     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0708     Document Type: Article

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