How to resolve the SLOSS debate: lessons from species-diversity models.

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Journal of Theoretical Biology

• Publication date

  2010-05-21

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.02.009PMID 20152842
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