Adult and yearling pampas deer stags (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) display mild reproductive seasonal patterns with maximum values in autumn
Rodolfo Ungerfeld; Matías Villagrán; Jorge Gil-Laureiro; Adrián Sestelo; Florencia Beracochea; Fernando Fumagalli; Alejandro Bielli
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