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All issues Volume 4 / No 6 (2009) Math. Model. Nat. Phenom., 4 6 (2009) 135-155 References
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Math. Model. Nat. Phenom.
Volume 4, Number 6, 2009
Ecology (Part 1)
Page(s) 135 - 155
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/mmnp/20094605
Published online 27 November 2009
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