Predator-prey ratios : a special case of a general pattern ?

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• Publication year

  1992

• Venue

  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

• Publication date

  1992-10-29

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1098/RSTB.1992.0135
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