Behavioral ecology as big science: 25 years of asking the same questions

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1283-1286

  Cockburn, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84913600715     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru177     Document Type: Review

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