Butterfly contests: Contradictory but not paradoxical

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Field, Scott A ^a,d   Hardy, Ian C W ^b,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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EID: 0141511762     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1305     Document Type: Article

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