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Development of structure at the ecosystem level: succession and stability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

M. Rejmánek*
Affiliation:
Institute of Entomology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences

Abstract

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Type
Unesco Meeting on Systems Theory
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1982 

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