Levels of Explanation in Behavioral Ecology

California Archaeology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-92

  Codding, Brian ^a   Jones, Terry ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84993992036     PISSN: 1947461X     EISSN: 19474628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/cal.2010.2.1.77     Document Type: Article

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