Estimating the complexity of animal behaviour: How mountain gorillas eat thistles

Behaviour

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 525-557

  Byrne, Richard W ^a   Corp, Nadia ^a   Byrne, Jennifer M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035609650     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853901750382142     Document Type: Article

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