Are crocodilian sex ratios female biased? The data are equivocal

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 1997, Pages 451-455

  Thorbjarnarson, John ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

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CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 0030911333     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447771     Document Type: Article

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