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The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B
Comparative and Physiological Psychology
Volume 41, 1989 - Issue 1
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Original Articles

Food hoarding behaviour in the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus): Effects of body weight loss and hoard-size discrimination

John H. Phillips The City University, London, U. K.
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Graham C. L. Davey The City University, London, U. K.; The City University, London, U. K.
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Angelina Robinson The City University, London, U. K.
Pages 33-47 | Received 23 May 1988, Published online: 29 May 2007

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