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Copulatory plug displacement and prolonged copulation in the Iberian rock lizard (Lacerta monticola)

✍ Scribed by Pedro L. Moreira; Tim R. Birkhead


Publisher
Springer
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
151 KB
Volume
56
Category
Article
ISSN
0340-5443

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