A method for testing association patterns of social animals

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 719-725

  Bejder, Lars ^a   Fletcher, David ^a   Bräger, Stefan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALORHYNCHUS HECTORI;

EID: 0032169501     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0802     Document Type: Article

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