Data Quality and the Comparative Method: The Case of Primate Group Size

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 990-1003

  Patterson, Samantha K ^a   Sandel, Aaron A ^a   Miller, Jordan A ^b   Mitani, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative analyses; Evolutionary biology; Primate behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939880821     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-014-9777-1     Document Type: Article

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