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Dominance: An empirical finding or a platonic idea?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

S. A. Barnett
S. A. Barnett
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Department of Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600, Australia
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , June 1983 , pp. 334
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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