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William L Vickery1

  • 1Département des Sciences biologiques, University du Québec à Montréal, Succ. "A", C.P. 8888, Montréal, Qc, H3C 3P8, Canada.

Oecologia
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PubMed

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Animal populationsBiasDensity dependencek-factor analysis

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