Ontogeny of agonistic behaviour in dispersing blind mole rats (Spalax ehrenbergi)

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 455-470

  Zuri, I ^a   Terkel, J ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0032340635     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2337(1998)24:6<455::aid-ab5>3.0.co;2-l     Document Type: Article

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