Ecological models of female social relationships in primates: Similarities, disparities, and some directions for future clarity

Behaviour

Volumn 139, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 177-202

  Isbell, Lynne A ^a   Young, Truman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0036462343     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853902760102645     Document Type: Conference Paper

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