The application of social network theory to animal behaviour

Bioscience Horizons

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-43

  Coleing, Amelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal social behaviour; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958830842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17547431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biohorizons/hzp008     Document Type: Article

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