Helping in cooperatively breeding long-tailed tits: a test of Hamilton's rule.

Helping in cooperatively breeding long-tailed tits: a test of Hamilton's rule.
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10.1098/rstb.2013.0565
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2014-05-19
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Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
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Adams MJ
Adams MJ
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作者:
Hatchwell BJ;Gullett PR;Adams MJ

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