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  1. York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Marc Dupuis-Désormeaux

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  1. Oakland University , Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Jennifer Vonk

  2. Department of Psychology, Oakland University Department of Psychology, Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Todd Shackelford

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    Suzanne MacDonald

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Dupuis-Désormeaux, M. (2018). Biogeography. In: Vonk, J., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_397-1

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