No evidence for warming climate theory of coat colour change in Soay sheep: A comment on Maloney et al

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 678-679

  Gratten, J ^a   Wilson, A J ^b   McRae, A F ^c   Beraldi, D ^b   Visscher, P M ^c   Pemberton, J M ^b   Slate, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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EID: 77957011587     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0160     Document Type: Note

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