Continuity and change in dominance relations among female baboons
β Scribed by Amy Samuels; Joan B. Silk; Jeanne Altmann
- Book ID
- 117030461
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 646 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-3472
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