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Optimal somatic growth and reproduction in a limited, constant environment: Organisms with determinate growth

✍ Scribed by Richard R. Vance

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1992
Tongue: English
Weight: 985 KB
Volume: 157
Category: Article
ISSN: 0022-5193
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5193(05)80755-6

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