Natural enemy specialization and the period of population cycles: Reply

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 384-387

  Murdoch, W W ^a   Briggs, C J ^b   Nisbet, R M ^a   Kendall, B E ^a   McCauley, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 0038397491     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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