Group decision-making in animal societies

Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 241-265

  Kerth, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77953913271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02624-9_9     Document Type: Chapter

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