Local mate competition and the sex ratio
โ Scribed by P.D. Taylor; M.G. Bulmer
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 631 KB
- Volume
- 86
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5193
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