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- 1963
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- article
- Volume
- 97
- Issue
- 897
- Pages
- 405-407
- Citations
- 106
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Mary F. Willson,
Eric R. Pianka
(1963).
Sexual Selection, Sex Ratio and Mating System.
The American Naturalist
, 97
(897)
, 405-407.
https://doi.org/10.1086/282292
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- 10.1086/282292