Ecology, Sexual Selection and Variable Mating Tactics in Fallow Deer (Dama Dama)
- ISBN-10
- 9155441335
- ISBN-13
- 9789155441333
- Category
- Deer
- Pages
- 39
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Author
- Cheryl Jones Fur
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