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Natural Philosophy Rampant - Ecological Communities: Conceptual Issues and the Evidence. Edited by D. R. StrongJr., D. Simberloff, L. G. Abele, and A. B. Thistle. Princeton University Press; Princeton. 1984. x + 613 pp.

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Lawrence B. Slobodkin
Lawrence B. Slobodkin*
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Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York, Stony Brook, N.Y. 11794
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Paleobiology , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , Winter 1986 , pp. 111 - 118
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