Relationships between genetic variation and body size in wintering Mallards

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 339-345

  Rhodes Jr , Olin E ^a,c   Smith, Loren M ^b   Smith, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0006995384     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088900     Document Type: Article

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