Finding an appropriate order for a hierarchy: A comparison of the IandSI and the BBS methods

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 239-245

  De Vries, Han ^a   Appleby, Michael C ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033953161     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1299     Document Type: Editorial

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