Ovarian Cycle and Reproductive Dynamics in the Female Adder, Vipera Berus (Reptilia, Viperidae).

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1981, Pages 63-82

  Nilson, Göran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 84966118582     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853881X00294     Document Type: Article

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