Fluctuating Asymmetry, Animal Behavior, and Evolution

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue , 2003, Pages 169-205

  Swaddle, John P ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 21144436056     PISSN: 00653454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(03)01004-0     Document Type: Article

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