Fitness Consequences of Increased Testosterone Levels in Female Spotless Starlings

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  American Naturalist

• Publication date

  2008-06-04

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1086/587850PMID 18532881
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