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DOWNSCALING ABUNDANCE FROM THE DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIES: OCCUPANCY THEORY AND APPLICATIONS

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SCALING AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN ECOLOGY

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He, F., Reed, W. (2006). DOWNSCALING ABUNDANCE FROM THE DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIES: OCCUPANCY THEORY AND APPLICATIONS. In: WU, J., JONES, K.B., LI, H., LOUCKS, O.L. (eds) SCALING AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN ECOLOGY. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4663-4_5

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