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BiologyBiological dispersalExtinction (optical mineralogy)PopulationPopulation densityDensity dependenceEcologyAllee effectEvolutionarily stable strategyDemographyPaleontology
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- 1981
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- article
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 39-53
- Citations
- 351
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P. J. den Boer
(1981).
On the survival of populations in a heterogeneous and variable environment.
Oecologia
, 50
(1)
, 39-53.
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00378792
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- 10.1007/bf00378792