Recognition systems and biological organization: The perception component of social recognition

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 729-745

  Mateo, Jill M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KIN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS;

EID: 12244259858     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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