Fluctuating trade-offs favour precocial maturity in male Soay sheep

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• Publication year

  1995

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  1995-12-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1098/rspb.1995.0205PMID 8587885
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