SIMPLICITY AND COMPLEXITY IN ECOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ecology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0012-9658
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[56:sacied]2.0.co;2