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Can Individual-Based Models Yield a Better Assessment of Population Variability?

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Matsinos, Y.G., Wolff, W.F., DeAngelis, D.L. (2000). Can Individual-Based Models Yield a Better Assessment of Population Variability?. In: Quantitative Methods for Conservation Biology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-22648-6_12

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