Coordination of group movements in non-human primates

Coordination in Human and Primate Groups

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 37-56

  Fichtel, Claudia ^a   Pyritz, Lennart ^a   Kappeler, Peter M ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

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EID: 82555171124     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15355-6_3     Document Type: Chapter

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