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3 - Invading New Environments: A Mechanistic Framework Linking Motor Diversity and Cognition to Establishment Success

from Part I - Behaviour and the Invasion Process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

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Andrea S. Griffin ,
D. Guez ,
I. Federspiel ,
Marie Diquelou  and
F. Lermite
Edited by
Judith S. Weis  and
Daniel Sol
Judith S. Weis
Affiliation:
Rutgers University, New Jersey
Daniel Sol
Affiliation:
National Spanish Research Council (CSIC)
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Biological Invasions and Animal Behaviour , pp. 26 - 46
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Print publication year: 2016

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