Sexual strategy and size dimorphism in rattlesnakes: Integrating proximate and ultimate causation

American Zoologist

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 152-165

  Duvall, David ^a   Beaupre, Steven J ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 22044446651     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/38.1.152     Document Type: Article

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