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- 1977
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- review
- Volume
- 197
- Issue
- 4300
- Pages
- 215-223
- Citations
- 6191
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Stephen T. Emlen,
Lewis W. Oring
(1977).
Ecology, Sexual Selection, and the Evolution of Mating Systems.
Science
, 197
(4300)
, 215-223.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.327542
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- DOI
- 10.1126/science.327542