Relationship between testis size and mating systems in American sparrows (Emberizinae)

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 224-228

  Rising, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBERIZINAE; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 0345394473     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088950     Document Type: Review

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