Mate choice tactics and swarm size: a model and a test in a dance fly

Bo G. Svensson; Erik Petersson

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Mate choice tactics and swarm size: a model and a test in a dance fly

Bo G. Svensson Erik Petersson

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Vol. 35 No. 3 pp. 161-168 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Bo G. Svensson, Erik Petersson (1994). Mate choice tactics and swarm size: a model and a test in a dance fly. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 35(3), 161-168. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00167955

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