What does sexual trait FA tell us about stress?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 163-166

  Bjorksten, Tracey A ^a   Fowler, Kevin ^a   Pomiankowski, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; FLY; HYPOTHESIS; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SEXUALITY; STRESS;

EID: 0034175890     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01788-7     Document Type: Note

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