Relative fitness of alternative male reproductive tactics in a mammal varies between years.

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Journal of Animal Ecology

• Publication date

  2011-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01831.xPMID 21418210
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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