Intrasexual competition in females: evidence for sexual selection?

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Behavioral Ecology

• Publication date

  2011-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1093/BEHECO/ARR106PMID 22479137PMCID PMC3199163
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