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Notes and Records of the Royal Society

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-105

  Greenwood, Norman N ^a   Spink, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0141987701     PISSN: 00359149     EISSN: 17430178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2003.0197     Document Type: Review

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