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On the existence of ecological communities

Michael W. Palmer

Department of Botany, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA; Fax +1 405 744 7074; E‐mail CAREX@OSUUNX.UCC.OKSTATE.EDU;

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Peter S. White

Department of Biology ‐ CB #3280, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599‐3280, Fax +1 919 962 1625; E‐mail: PSWHITE.ECOLOGY@MHS.UNC.EDU

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First published: April 1994
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Number of times cited: 48

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