Testing the predation hypothesis for vertebrate sociality: Prospects and pitfalls

Behaviour

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 389-410

  Janson, Charles H ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032399283     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853998793066177     Document Type: Article

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