Sample size in the study of behaviour

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-202

  Taborsky, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77949908394     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01751.x     Document Type: Editorial

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