Social conflict and costs of cooperation in meerkats are reflected in measures of stress hormones

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Behavioral Ecology

• Publication date

  2017-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1093/beheco/arx077
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