Measuring Performance in Nature: Implications for Studies of Fitness Within Populations

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 396-407

  Irschick, Duncan J ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

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EID: 1042279345     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/43.3.396     Document Type: Conference Paper

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