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Wilson, J.B. The ‘emergent property’ of Anand and Li is a mathematical artefact. Emergent properties do not exist. COMMUNITY ECOLOGY 3, 247–248 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1556/ComEc.3.2002.2.10
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