Mating behavior and sexual selection in a polygamous beetle
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The roles of life-history selection and sexual selection in the adaptive evolution of mating behavior in a beetle.
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Zoology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2396-9814,1674-5507
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/59.2.257