A FIELD STUDY OF THE SOCIOBIOLOGY OF RHESUS MONKEYS, MACACA MULATTA*
Stuart A. Altmann,
Stuart A. Altmann
Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Stuart A. Altmann
Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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From the Field Station of Perinatal Physiology, Laboratory of Neuroanatomical Sciences, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, and supported in part by a research fellowship (MF 9005) from the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Based on a doctoral dissertation submitted to the Harvard Biological Laboratories.
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