Female mate preference and reproductive isolation in populations of the striped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio

Behaviour

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1431-1441

  Pillay, Neville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 0034556340     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853900502655     Document Type: Article

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