Conceptual semantics in a nonhuman primate

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Zuberbühler, Klaus ^a   Cheney, Dorothy L ^b   Seyfarth, Robert M ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 24444447683     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.113.1.33     Document Type: Article

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