From eavesdropping on performance to copying the behavior of others: a review of public information use

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  2007

• Venue

  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

• Publication date

  2007-07-04

• Fields of study

  Biology, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1007/s00265-007-0439-6
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