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Work done while senior author was on fellowship support from Public Health Service Grant no. GM-678 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
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Fretwell, S.D., Lucas, H.L. On territorial behavior and other factors influencing habitat distribution in birds. Acta Biotheor 19, 16–36 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01601953
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