Developmental Instability as a General Measure of Stress

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue C, 1998, Pages 181-213

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 2442624866     PISSN: 00653454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(08)60365-4     Document Type: Chapter

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