Sex in the dark: determinants and consequences of mixed male mating tactics in Microcebus murinus, a small solitary nocturnal primate

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  2004

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  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

• Publication date

  2004-07-31

• Fields of study

  Biology

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  DOI 10.1007/s00265-004-0826-1
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