Important topics in group living

Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 203-225

  Krause, Jens ^a   Ruxton, Graeme ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84872280154     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511781360.019     Document Type: Chapter

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