Breaking the Social-Non-social Dichotomy: A Role for Reptiles in Vertebrate Social Behavior Research?

Ethology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-103

  Doody, J Sean ^a   Burghardt, Gordon M ^a   Dinets, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; REPTILE; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872400189     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12047     Document Type: Review

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