The importance of fission–fusion social group dynamics in birds

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Ibis

• Publication date

  2014-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Sociology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/IBI.12191
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