Genetic and environmental effects on a condition-dependent trait: feather growth in Siberian jays

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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Evolutionary Biology

سال: 2010

ISSN: 1010-061X,1420-9101

DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.01949.x