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Meaning of Density-Dependence and Related Terms in Population Dynamics

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SOLOMON, M. Meaning of Density-Dependence and Related Terms in Population Dynamics. Nature 181, 1778–1780 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811778a0

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