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Harvesting strategies, control styles and information levels: A study of planned disturbances to a population

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  1. Institute of Animal Resource Ecology, the University of British Columbia, V6T 1W5, Vancouver, Canada

    W. A. Thompson, W. G. Wellington, I. B. Vertinsky & E. M. Matsumura

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As this series of papers is jointly produced by our whole group, the order of authorship on each is decided by chance, not protocol.

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Thompson, W.A., Wellington, W.G., Vertinsky, I.B. et al. Harvesting strategies, control styles and information levels: A study of planned disturbances to a population. Res Popul Ecol 18, 160–176 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02510844

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