Imitation and traditions in wild banded mongooses

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1171-1175

  Müller, Corsin A ^a,b   Cant, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; MONGOOSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HERPESTIDAE; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; MUNGOS MUNGO; PRIMATES;

EID: 77955372382     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.04.037     Document Type: Article

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