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Publications of Eleonore Eibl-Eibesfeldt

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1968

Journal Article

Eibl-Eibesfeldt, I.; Eibl-Eibesfeldt, E.: The worker's Bodyguard. Animals May (1968)

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1967

Journal Article

Eibl-Eibesfeldt, I.; Eibl-Eibesfeldt, E.: Das Parasitenabwehren der Minima-Arbeiterinnen der Blattschneiderameise (Atta cephalotes). Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 24 (3), pp. 278 - 281 (1967)

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Original publication

Luke J. Eberhart-Phillips, Clemens Küpper, María Cristina Carmona-Isunza, Orsolya Vincze, Sama Zefania, Medardo Cruz-López, András Kosztolányi, Tom E.X. Miller, Zoltán Barta, Innes C. Cuthill, Terry Burke, Tamás Székely, Joseph I. Hoffman & Oliver Krüger

Demographic causes of adult sex ratio variation and their consequences for parental cooperation.

Nature Communications: 25 April, 2018 (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03833-5)

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