Testosterone and sexual selection

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 108-112

  Hillgarth, N ^a   Ramenofsky, M ^a   Wingfield, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0030891084     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.1.108     Document Type: Review

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