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A simple computer model of animal spacing

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  1. M. Murai

    Present address: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 812, Fukuoka, Japan

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  1. Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Experiment Station, 903, Naha, Japan

    M. Murai

  2. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Duke University, 27706, Durham, N.C., USA

    W. A. Thompson

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

    W. G. Wellington

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Murai, M., Thompson, W.A. & Wellington, W.G. A simple computer model of animal spacing. Res Popul Ecol 20, 165–178 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02512622

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