Individual Odors among Mammals: Origins and Functions

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue C, 1986, Pages 39-70

  Halpin, Zuleyma Tang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 77956739643     PISSN: 00653454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(08)60187-4     Document Type: Article

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