Mixed species groups in mammals

Mammal Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 205-223

  Stensland, Eva ^a   Angerbjörn, Anders ^a   Berggren, Per ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antipredator advantages; Association; Cetaceans; Cooperation; Heterospecific; Interaction; Interspecific; Polyspecific; Primates

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MAMMAL;

AVES; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; UNGULATA;

EID: 0142182693     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2907.2003.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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