Nonlinearity and the importance of fluctuating asymmetry as a predictor of fitness

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 366-368

  Moller A P ^a   Gangestad, S W ^b   Thornhill, R ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY;

EID: 0032842013     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546453     Document Type: Article

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