No evidence of female choice for a condition-dependent trait in the agamid lizard, ctenophorus ornatus

Behaviour

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 965-980

  Lebas, Natasha R ^a,c   Marshall, N Justin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035646858     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853901753286515     Document Type: Article

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