Offspring sex ratio in relation to body reserves in red deer (Cervus elaphus)
β Scribed by W. T. Flueck
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 466 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1439-0574
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