Cooperative behaviour and cooperative breeding: What constitutes an explanation?
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Cooperative behaviour and cooperative breeding: what constitutes an explanation?
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioural Processes
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0376-6357
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.11.010