Vigilance in bronze mannikin groups: The contributions of predation risk and intra-group competition

Behaviour

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 565-578

  Slotow, Rob ^a   Coumi, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 0034375475     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853900502213     Document Type: Article

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