An introspection of the art of modeling in population ecology

BioScience

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 540-552

  Getz, Wayne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031811078     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313316     Document Type: Short Survey

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