A different kind of ecological modelling: the use of clay model organisms to explore predator–prey interactions in vertebrates

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Journal of Zoology

• Publication date

  2017-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/JZO.12415
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