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Stephen C. Stearns, Jacob C. Koella, The Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity in Life-History Traits: Predictions of Reaction Norms for Age and Size at Maturity, Evolution, Vol. 40, No. 5 (Sep., 1986), pp. 893-913
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