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Density dependence tests, and largely futile comments: Answers to Holyoak and Lawton (1993) and Hanski, Woiwod and Perry (1993)

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  1. Unit 0948, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, APO AA 34002-0948, USA

    Henk Wolda

  2. University of Idaho, Fish and Wildlife Resources, 84844-1136, Moscow, ID, USA

    Brian Dennis

  3. Department of Biology, Montana State University, 59717-0346, Bozeman, MT, USA

    Mark L. Taper

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Wolda, H., Dennis, B. & Taper, M.L. Density dependence tests, and largely futile comments: Answers to Holyoak and Lawton (1993) and Hanski, Woiwod and Perry (1993). Oecologia 98, 229–234 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00341476

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