Ecology
- ISBN-10
- 071672829X
- ISBN-13
- 9780716728290
- Series
- Ecology
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 822
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Authors
- Gary Miller, Robert E. Ricklefs, Gary Leon Miller
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