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Dynamics of heterotrophic succession in carrion arthropod assemblages

A comment on Schoenly and Reid (1987)

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Boulton, A.J., Lake, P.S. Dynamics of heterotrophic succession in carrion arthropod assemblages. Oecologia 76, 477–480 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00377047

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