Does testis weight decline towards the Subarctic? A case study on the common frog, Rana temporaria

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Die Naturwissenschaften

• Publication date

  2005-03-12

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00114-005-0607-3PMID 15765211
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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