Mechanisms of facultative sex-ratio variation in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 441-449

  Clotfelter, Ethan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0001583205     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088910     Document Type: Article

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