Sexual dimorphism in cranial size and shape among red foxes Vulpes vulpes from north-east Ireland

Biology and Environment

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-26

  Lynch, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1842701286     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
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