Disentangling association patterns in fission-fusion societies using African buffalo as an example

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 499-506

  Cross, Paul C ^a,b   Lloyd Smith, James O ^a   Getz, Wayne M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBALUS; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

EID: 11844255778     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.08.006     Document Type: Note

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