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Bringing the analysis of animal orientation data full circle: model-based approaches with maximum likelihood
Robert R. Fitak, Sönke Johnsen
Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 : jeb.167056 doi: 10.1242/jeb.167056 Published 31 August 2017
Robert R. Fitak
Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.167056
PubMed 
28860118

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The Company of Biologists Ltd
Print ISSN 
0022-0949
Online ISSN 
1477-9145
History 
  • Received July 21, 2017
  • Accepted August 25, 2017
  • Published online August 31, 2017.
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  1. Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
  1. ↵*Author for correspondence: Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708, USA. rfitak9{at}gmail.com

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