Interruptions, tradeoffs, and temporal discounting

American Zoologist

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 506-517

  Benson, K E ^a   Stephens, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

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EID: 33746163457     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/36.4.506     Document Type: Article

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