Stronger condition dependence in female size explains altitudinal variation in sexual size dimorphism of a Tibetan frog
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عنوان ژورنال: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0024-4066
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01953.x