Mutual Mate Choice for Colorful Traits in King Penguins
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* Department of Biology, The Citadel, Charleston, SC, USA Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, AL, USA Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionelle et Evolutive, Centre Nacional de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France § Animal Ecology Group, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, AA Haren, The Netherlands – Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, CA USA ** School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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تاریخ انتشار 2010