Hormones and alternative reproductive tactics in vertebrates

Alternative Reproductive Tactics: An Integrative Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 132-174

  Oliveira, Rui F ^a   Canário, Adelino V M ^b   Ros, Albert F H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511542602.008     Document Type: Chapter

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