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It’s about time: the temporal dynamics of phenotypic selection in the wild
Article first published online: 8 SEP 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01381.x
© 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd/CNRS
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Siepielski, A. M., DiBattista, J. D. and Carlson, S. M. (2009), It’s about time: the temporal dynamics of phenotypic selection in the wild. Ecology Letters, 12: 1261–1276. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01381.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 13 OCT 2009
- Article first published online: 8 SEP 2009
- Editor, Jonathan Chase Manuscript received 29 June 2009 First decision made 23 July 2009 Manuscript accepted 10 August 2009
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