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Petersen, J., Kemp, W., Kennedy, V., Dennison, W., Kangas, P. (2009). Introduction. In: Petersen, J., Kennedy, V., Dennison, W., Kemp, W. (eds) Enclosed Experimental Ecosystems and Scale. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76767-3_1

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