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Female preference and sexual selection for male coloration in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

โœ Scribed by Astrid Kodric-Brown

Publisher
Springer
Year
1985
Tongue
English
Weight
734 KB
Volume
17
Category
Article
ISSN
0340-5443

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