Degree of social contact affects the emission of food calls in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)
β Scribed by Augusto Vitale; Michela Zanzoni; Armelle Queyras; Flavia Chiarotti
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 121 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0275-2565
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