A life-history approach to group living and social contracts between individuals

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 239-254

  Nonacs, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GROUP BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034798999     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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