Risk-sensitive foraging, fitness, and life histories: Where does reproduction fit into the big picture?

American Zoologist

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 471-483

  Bednekoff, Peter A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746158573     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/36.4.471     Document Type: Article

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