Lek-kin in birds - Provoking theory and surprising new results

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-253

  Höglund, Jacob ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; KIN SELECTION; LEK;

AVES;

EID: 18244430686     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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