Sexual dichromatism and the immunocompetence handicap: An observational approach using Arctic charr

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 359-367

  Skarstein, Frode ^a   Folstad, Ivar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC CHARR; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE HANDICAP;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 0030304324     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546208     Document Type: Article

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