Solar activity and mammal cycles in the northern hemisphere

American Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 776-784

  Sinclair, A R E ^a   Gosline, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0001222577     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286020     Document Type: Review

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