Behavioral ecology and the successful integration of function and mechanism

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1019-1021

  Monaghan, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; Biomedicine; Causal factors; Variation; Zoology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

EID: 84908287834     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru082     Document Type: Review

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