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Trophic strategies, animal diversity and body size

✍ Scribed by Kevin D. Lafferty; Armand M. Kuris

Book ID: 117388578
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 97 KB
Volume: 17
Category: Article
ISSN: 0169-5347
DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5347(02)02615-0

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