An ethological analysis of barbering behavior

Neurobiology of Grooming Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 184-225

  Dufour, Brett D ^a   Garner, Joseph P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511676109.011     Document Type: Chapter

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