The allometry of fluctuating asymmetry in southern African plants: Flowers and leaves

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-142

  Jennions, Michael D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

condition dependence; fluctuating asymmetry; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0030443221     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1996.0058     Document Type: Article

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