Darwinian fitness and reproductive power: Reply to kozŁowski

American Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1092-1097

  Brown, James H ^a   Taper, Mark L ^b   Marquet, Pablo A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

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EID: 0000862413     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285895     Document Type: Review

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