Fighting, mating and networking: Pillars of poeciliid sociality

Animal Communication Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 84-113

  Earley, Ryan L ^a   Dugatkin, Lee Alan ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511610363.007     Document Type: Chapter

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