The evolution of alternative reproductive tactics: Concepts and questions

Alternative Reproductive Tactics: An Integrative Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-22

  Taborsky, Michael ^a   Oliveira, Rui F ^b   Brockmann, H Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

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