TESTING FOR PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL IN COMPARATIVE DATA: BEHAVIORAL TRAITS ARE MORE LABILE

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Evolution; international journal of organic evolution

• Publication date

  2003-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00285.xPMID 12778543
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