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S.W. Pacala, M.P. Hassell, R.M. May, "Host-parasitoid associations in patchy environments," Nature, 344, 150-3, 8 March 1990. (University of Connecticut, Storrs; Imperial College, London)
A.H. Taylor, "Disturbance and persistence of sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis [Bong] Carr.) in coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest, North America," Journal of Biogeography, 17, 47-58, January 1990. (University of Maryland, Baltimore)
P.M. Room, "Ecology of a simple plant-herbivore system: biological control of Salvinia," Trends ...
