Cognitive Ecology: Environmental Dependence of the Fitness Costs of Learning

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Raine, Nigel E ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BUTTERFLY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; LEARNING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BUTTERFLIES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LEARNING; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

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EID: 67149109989     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.04.047     Document Type: Short Survey

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