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Metadata
- Authors
- Rendall, D., Owren, M. J., & Ryan, M. J.
- Venue
- Animal Behaviour
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-08
- Volume
- 78
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 233-240
- ISSN
- 0003-3472 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2087238006
- Cited by
- 417
- References
- 95
- FWCI
- 14.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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