Individual recognition: it is good to be different

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 529-537

  Tibbetts, Elizabeth A ^a   Dale, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; POLYMORPHISM; RECOGNITION; SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35248828520     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2007.09.001     Document Type: Review

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