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On the degree of consistency expected when different methods are used to estimate competition coefficients from census data

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Schoener, T.W. On the degree of consistency expected when different methods are used to estimate competition coefficients from census data. Oecologia 67, 591–592 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00790032

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