The priority of prediction in ecological understanding
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J. E. Houlahan (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3491-353X) ([email protected]), Dept of Biology, 100 Tucker Park Road, Univ. of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, E2L 4L5, Canada. – S. T. McKinney, Univ. of Maine, Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Orono, Maine, United States. – T. M. Anderson, Wake Forest University, Dept of Biology, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. – B. J. McGill, School of Biology and Ecology, Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME, USA.
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