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A socially enforced signal of quality in a paper wasp
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Metadata
- Authors
- Tibbetts, E. A., & Dale, J.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2004-11
- Volume
- 432
- Issue
- 7014
- Pages
- 218-222
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2052925281
- Cited by
- 441
- References
- 19
- FWCI
- 7.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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