The mismeasure of animal contests

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1195-1202

  Taylor, P W ^a,c   Elwood, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CONTEST COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041910948     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2169     Document Type: Article

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