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  1. Environmental Science Department, Miami Valley Laboratories, The Procter & Gamble Co., P.O. Box 538707, Cincinnati, OH, 45253-8707, USA

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    Friedrich Recknagel

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Morrall, D. (2006). Ecological Applications of Genetic Algorithms. In: Recknagel, F. (eds) Ecological Informatics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28426-5_4

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