Patterns in the distribution and abundance of insect populations

Nature

Volumn 331, Issue 6158, 1988, Pages 709-712

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Lawton, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0023776039     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/331709a0     Document Type: Article

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