Reliability and the value of information

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-111

  Koops, Marten A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; INFORMATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1142281890     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.02.008     Document Type: Article

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