Taylor's law applies to spatial variation in a human population

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Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-60

  Cohen, Joel E ^a   Xu, Meng ^b   Brunborg, Helge ^c  

^a Rockefeller University and Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

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EID: 84880293046     PISSN: 00166987     EISSN: 20355556     Source Type: Journal    
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