Opossum sex ratios revisited: Significant or nonsignificant?

American Naturalist

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 420-424

  Hardy, Ian C W ^a,b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 0003610429     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286073     Document Type: Review

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