Never mind the iguana, what about the tortoise? Models in adaptive behavior

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 320-324

  Husbands, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGUANA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 70349237371     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: 17412633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059712309340853     Document Type: Article

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