Can the population regulation controversy be buried and forgotten?

Oikos

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 148-152

  Murray Jr , Bertram G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

EID: 0345369334     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546875     Document Type: Review

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