Höner et al. reply

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7201, 2008, Pages

  Höner, Oliver P ^a   Wachter, Bettina ^a   East, Marion L ^a   Streich, W Jürgen ^a   Wilhelm, Kerstin ^a   Burke, Terry ^b   Hofer, Heribert ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CARNIVORA; MATE CHOICE; MATING; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 47049126944     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07123     Document Type: Note

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